Rodmakers Map

Robert Brown

 953 Keel Mountain Road
Gurley AL 35748

ospreyrods@icloud.com@gmail.com

Bill Klco

 

1159 N. Lamkin Road
Harbor Springs, MI 49740

greybeardflyrods@gmail.com

Kirk Brumels

 

P.O. Box 131
Macatawa, MI 49434

clamriverclassics@yahoo.com

Callum Ross

Berridale, New South Wales

indi.river.rods@gmail.com

Matt West

3937 Manhattan Ave
Fort Collins, CO 80526

matt@groove180.com

Russ Gooding

1780 Clay Road
Ephrata, PA 17522

info@peakbamboo.com

Michel Sylvestre

261 rue Boislambert
Lévis (Qué.)
Canada G6V 6W1

sylvestrebamboo@gmail.com

Gordon Gove

8 Marimead
4 Reed Place
Pinetown, South Africa

gordon@gwr-sa.co.za

Don Smith

Don Smith, Rodmaker & Tool Designer

2807 Renae Ct.
Missoula, MT 59804
donsmithcanecraft@hotmail.com

Marcel Duval

Winnipeg, Canada

dvlmrcl@gmail.com

Carl Wachter

224 West 5th St
Mankato MN 56001

cwacht1@charter.net

Kyle Stierwalt

Rochester, MN

kyle@stierwalt.net

Steven Schwartz

7004 Valhalla Road
Fort Worth, TX 76116

stevenschwartztx@gmail.com

Sean Tate

399 Waters Edge Court
Lebanon, OR 97355

tatefineflyrods@gmail.com

 

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

nilkitkwa@telus.net

(250) 285-3599

Daniel Zimmerlin

1568 Euclid Ave
Berkeley, CA 94708

danzimmerlin@yahoo.com

Don Anderson

5616 54A Ave.,
Rocky Mountain House,
Alberta, Canada
T4T 1H6

donandersen@bamboorods.ca

Mark Ruhe

Ennis, MT

Mruhe@live.com

Gary Williams

Vonroe, TN 37885

info@williamsrod.com

Paul Fornell

4 N. Flora Vista St.
Englewood, Fl. 34223

docksite@aol.com

Bill Baker

248 Red Rim Dr.
Grand Junction, CO 81507

76Bamboo@gmail.com

Jason Veeneman

Karma Kane Rods, LLC
16355 Greenly St.
Holland, MI 49424

karmakanerods@gmail.com

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

matt@groove180.com


Bill Baker, Rodmaker

248 Red Rim Dr.
Grand Junction, CO 81507

76Bamboo@gmail.com

Florida

Paul Fornell, Rodmaker

4 N. Flora Vista St.
Englewood, Fl. 34223

docksite@aol.com

Maine

Gary “Mike” Stillman, Rodmaker/Restorationist

PO Box 751
Farmington, Maine, 04938

207-860-9365

Poepaddy@hotmail.com

Michigan

Kirk Brumels

P.O. Box 131
Macatawa, MI 49434

clamriverclassics@yahoo.com

Bill Klco

1159 N. Lamkin Road
Harbor Springs, MI 49740

greybeardflyrods.com

greybeardflyrods@gmail.com

 

Jason Veeneman

16355 Greenly St.
Holland, MI 49424

karmakanerods@gmail.com

Minnesota

Kyle J. Stierwalt, Rodmaker

 

Rochester, MN 56001

kyle@stierwalt.net

Carl Wachter, Rodmaker

 

224 West 5th St

Mankato MN 56001

cwacht1@charter.net

Montana

Don Smith, Rodmaker & Tool Designer

2807 Renae Ct.
Missoula, MT 59804

donsmithcanecraft@hotmail.com

Mark Ruhe, Rodmaker

Ennis, MT

Mruhe@live.com

 

Oregon

Sean Tate, Rodmaker

Tate Fine Fly Rods
399 Waters Edge Court
Lebanon, OR 97355

tatefineflyrods@gmail.com

Pennsylvania

Russ Gooding

1780 Clay Road
Ephrata, PA 17522

info@peakbamboo.com

Tennessee

Joel Mears, Rodmaker

254 Holland View Drive
Jonesborough, TN 37659

Joel.mears@tecindustrial.com

Gary Williams, Rodmaker

Vonore, Tennessee 37885

info@williamsrod.com

Texas

Steven Schwartz, Rodmaker

7004 Valhalla Road
Fort Worth, TX 76116

stevenschwartztx@gmail.com

Around the World

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Australia

Callum Ross

 

Berridale, New South Wales

indi.river.rods@gmail.com

Canada

Marcel Duval, Hobbyist Bamboo Rodmaker

Winnipeg, Canada

dvlmrcl@gmail.com


Michel Sylvestre

Quebec, Canada

sylvestrebamboo@gmail.com


George Deagle

P.O. Box 106
1367 Hooley Road
Heriot Bay
Quadra Island, B.C.
Canada, V0P 1H0

nilkitkwa@telus.net

(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

gordon@gwr-sa.co.za