Rodmakers Map
Robert Brown
953 Keel Mountain Road
Gurley AL 35748
Bill Klco
Kirk Brumels
Callum Ross
Berridale, New South Wales
Matt West
3937 Manhattan Ave
Fort Collins, CO 80526
Russ Gooding
1780 Clay Road
Ephrata, PA 17522
Michel Sylvestre
261 rue Boislambert
Lévis (Qué.)
Canada G6V 6W1
Gordon Gove
8 Marimead
4 Reed Place
Pinetown, South Africa
Don Smith
Don Smith, Rodmaker & Tool Designer
2807 Renae Ct.
Missoula, MT 59804
donsmithcanecraft@hotmail.com
Marcel Duval
Winnipeg, Canada
Carl Wachter
224 West 5th St
Mankato MN 56001
Kyle Stierwalt
Rochester, MN
Steven Schwartz
7004 Valhalla Road
Fort Worth, TX 76116
Sean Tate
Gary "Mike" Stillman
Farmington, Maine, 04938
Poepaddy@hotmail.com
Pete Emmel
7775 Yesal Ave
Atascadero, Ca. 93422
p_emmel5@hotmail.com
George Deagle
P.O. Box 106
1367 Hooley Road
Heriot Bay
Quadra Island, B.C.
Canada, V0P 1H0
(250) 285-3599
Daniel Zimmerlin
1568 Euclid Ave
Berkeley, CA 94708
Don Anderson
5616 54A Ave.,
Rocky Mountain House,
Alberta, Canada
T4T 1H6
Mark Ruhe
Ennis, MT
Gary Williams
Vonroe, TN 37885
Paul Fornell
4 N. Flora Vista St.
Englewood, Fl. 34223
Bill Baker
248 Red Rim Dr.
Grand Junction, CO 81507
Jason Veeneman
Karma Kane Rods, LLC
16355 Greenly St.
Holland, MI 49424
What's This Map? And how do I get on it?
Hello fellow bamboo enthusiasts! This page, with its map and accordion list of contact info is for YOU. All of you. We’re very inclusive. We want the big players. We want the newest newbie who has merely thought of casting a bamboo rod, or making one. If you email us your basic contact info, we’ll put you on the map. “To what purpose?,” you may ask. Well, if you know where you are, relative to other rodmakers and anglers, you can get in touch…to talk about bamboo, to go fishing, to make a rod, to go in together and split the dreadful expense of shipping Tonkin Bamboo. There are so many reasons to know about other makers, restorationists, students, instructors, dealers, anglers, and the merely curious. Yes, this may help our business, but it will help the cause even more. The cause? Yes. The cause that is bamboo rodmaking, that is angling with classic tackle, that is history, understanding, appreciation, that is the very experience of slow fishing. This doesn’t preclude fast rod actions or faster fishing action. Slow fishing is broadly encompassing, but it starts by picking up – or making – a rod that took one or two weeks to make, appreciating the nuances of bamboo from the level of craft details to the mastery of casting rods that range from accessible to sophisticated, to the joy of catching, and of releasing. And, rarely, the joy of eating a meal caught with honor. There is also, with slow fishing, the comfortable knowledge that no matter what your political persuasion, you are fishing with a rod that is made sustainably, from a renewable resource. Bamboo. It’s the way to catch fish.
How do you get in touch with all these other bamboo-oriented guys and gals? Email us your basic contact info. If you want to be on the list, we require:
- Your name
- Your address (how else can we stick a pin on the map?)
- Your email address.
- One word description of what you’re all about: Rodmaker, Educator, Author, Restorationist, Student, Angler, etc.
We know of over a dozen rodmakers in the Fort Collins, CO area. So far only one is on the list. Who will join him? In Fort Collins, and around the world, we invite you to come together. Fish wood. Because if they could, fish would.
United States
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Alabama
Robert Brown, Rodmaker
953 Keel Mountain Road
Gurley AL 35748
ospreyrods@icloud.com
California
Pete Emmel, Rodmaker
7775 Yesal Ave
Atascadero, Ca. 93422
p_emmel5@hotmail.com
Daniel Zimmerlin, Rodmaker
1568 Euclid Ave
Berkeley, CA 94708
danzimmerlin@yahoo.com
Colorado
Matt West, Rodmaker
3937 Manhattan Ave
Fort Collins, CO 80526
Bill Baker, Rodmaker
248 Red Rim Dr.
Grand Junction, CO 81507
Florida
Maine
Gary “Mike” Stillman, Rodmaker/Restorationist
PO Box 751
Farmington, Maine, 04938
207-860-9365
Michigan
Kirk Brumels
P.O. Box 131
Macatawa, MI 49434
Bill Klco
1159 N. Lamkin Road
Harbor Springs, MI 49740
Jason Veeneman
16355 Greenly St.
Holland, MI 49424
Minnesota
Kyle J. Stierwalt, Rodmaker
Rochester, MN 56001
Carl Wachter, Rodmaker
224 West 5th St
Mankato MN 56001
Montana
Don Smith, Rodmaker & Tool Designer
2807 Renae Ct.
Missoula, MT 59804
Mark Ruhe, Rodmaker
Ennis, MT
Oregon
Sean Tate, Rodmaker
Tate Fine Fly Rods
399 Waters Edge Court
Lebanon, OR 97355
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Joel Mears, Rodmaker
254 Holland View Drive
Jonesborough, TN 37659
Gary Williams, Rodmaker
Vonore, Tennessee 37885
Texas
Around the World
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Australia
Canada
Marcel Duval, Hobbyist Bamboo Rodmaker
Winnipeg, Canada
Michel Sylvestre
Quebec, Canada
George Deagle
P.O. Box 106
1367 Hooley Road
Heriot Bay
Quadra Island, B.C.
Canada, V0P 1H0
(250) 285-3599
Don Anderson
5616 54A Ave.,
Rocky Mountain House,
Alberta, Canada
T4T 1H6
donandersen@bamboorods.ca
Bamboorods.ca
(403) 845-2069
South Africa
Gordon Gove
8 Marimead
4 Reed Place
Pinetown, South Africa
Phone Cel 081 545 2297