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Classic Rods and Rodmakers - Martin J. Keane
Classic Rods and Rodmakers - Martin J. Keane
HardcoverContents: Introduction; The Classic Rod: Early Rod History; Stages of Rod Evolution and How to Recognize Them; Eastern Rodbuilders: Hiram Lewis Leonard; The E. F. Payne Rod Company; Charles F. Orvis; The Thomas Rod Company; The Edwards Rodmaking Family - I; The Edwards Rodmaking Family - II; Harold Steele Gillum; Edmund Everett Garrison; More Eastern Rodbuilders; Middle-American Rodbuilders: Lyle L. Dickerson; The Paul H. Young Rod Company; More Middle-American Rodbuilders; Western Rodbuilders: Edwin Courtney Powell; Walton Powell; The R. L. Winston Rod Company; The G. H. Howells Rod Company; More Western Rodbuilders; Collecting Classic Rods: Selection of Classic Fly Rods; Care of Split Bamboo Rods; Buying and Collecting Classic/Antique Rods; Index. "Today's advanced quad and hollow-construction fly-rod designs are a far cry from the ash and lancewood rods of the early nineteenth century. While the modern American fly rod perhaps began with Samuel Phillippe, it tooktook the undeniable genius of Hiram Leonard to bring it worldwide acclaim. Proceeding chronologically, and moving across the country, Martin J. Keane investigates the handiwork of virtually very master rod-craftsmen, and considers every major development in the craft over the last hundred years."
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