Speaker Meeting – Ron Barch

“Alder Creek Angling is a purveyor of fine custom-crafted bamboo fly rods and a publisher of books related to the lore of split cane rods. Ron Barch, bamboo rod maker, understands what a fly rod should accomplish and how to make one that meets the angler’s expectations”

The Split Bamboo Fly Rod

Comments Concerning Cane Rods

By Ron Barch of Alder Creek Angling

• Historic Chronology
• Contemporary Cane
• Too Slow, Too Soft, Too Fragile?
• Construction: Accurate and Efficient Hand Planing
• Taper Design
• Rod Design: Observations and Insights
• Which One’s Right for You?
• Bamboo Rods for Small Streams
• Evaluating a Pre-owned Split Bamboo Fly Rod
• From Graphite to Grass: An Angler’s Point of View