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"One day we're gonna meet back again". What a super cool little kid.

All of us drew a blank on him that day. He was a bamboo rodmaker from Oregon who just happened to be up there fishing at Hancock the same day we were. Seems a little coincidental, but that's what I recall.

And you have to spend that $300 QUICKLY once they go online!

It looks like I'll be out of the country during this summer's bamboo rod gathering. That being the case, I thought I would post some photos of one of the first bamboo rod gatherings I ever attended. These photos were taken in May of 2009, at Hancock Lake. There weren't that many of us, but usual...

Boy and how, that's a loss to the silk line world. I might follow your suggestions.

I think Tim, Mike and others used Reed's method to strip and refinish some Zhu lines several years ago.

Agree wholeheartedly with Reed's instructions.

Dave, one of my favorite silk lines is an old level line I found on an ancient automatic fly reel. It's of a thinner diameter than my 5Dt silk lines so I'm thinking it's possibly a 4wt line. I works great on small streams where I use it on a 7ft 4wt bamboo rod.

Works for me!

Wish I could convince my wife of that.

Gus, I think it's an acquired taste. Even bamboo guys differ on silk vs. plastic. For me, the sheer joy in fishing a silk line more than makes up for hassles in maintenance, For the record, my dad and his brother both hated silk lines and were happy that more modern lines had become available.

Article on King5 this morning. That woman is looking at a lot of surgeries down the line.

Getting ready to retire and I'm getting my licks in before I go headlong into poverty row.

Dave & Ron, thank you for your input. Dave, thanks for taking the time to upload so many awesome photos. Much appreciated. Cliff

The silk line: Lower right. Goes with this Edwards rod.

It's been a banner couple of weeks for me. I got that Granger 8040 trade rod, along with two Phillipsons and a silk line. The Phillipson rods are an 8-1/2ft 5wt Pacemaker, and a 7-1/2ft 5wt Peerless. The Pacemaker is refinished so I got it for a really decent price. The Peerless might be...

Thank you.

Same here, Mike, too long. Weren't you also bluing your ferrules and hardware on your rods? I really like that. I have one Mark Ruhe rod with blued hardware and I think it's really attractive. Darker tones/flamed are favored by me, also. There's a 50/50 chance I will be out of the country when...

Just lawn casting it, I think I'm going to really like it.

I recently purchased a vintage W&M Granger trade rod under the name "Old Faithful Rod Company", headquartered in Denver, CO, which was the same address as Granger. The rod is the Granger 8040 with the name "Challenger" on the blank. Granger made these rods from secondary components and less...