one woman’s journey into the bamboo fly rod making abyss
Turning 50 in the wake of COVID-19 creates an unexpected bittersweet layer to the meaning of life gravity of it all. Pre-COVID mortality discussions surrounding this milestone now seem seem almost trite. The single consistency throughout most of our lives as humans is music. Think about it. It is our glue. So, I am […]
Read More 50 YEARS OF LIFE, MUSIC, TOM PETTY & THE BAMBOO FLY RODWHY HAND ENGRAVING? Legacy? Because it’s beautiful? Investment? To honor? Customization? Memorialize? Yes. While these reasons may seem obvious, perhaps the most significant reason to hand engrave your bamboo fly rod cannot be seen or even carefully explained…it can only be felt. Let me say this…throughout the years here at Oyster, hand engraving our bamboo […]
Read More ANATOMY, ENGRAVING and THE BAMBOO FLY ROD25 years ago Bill asked me where I wanted to live. I told him anywhere in the world as long as it was in Georgia. Bill: “What am I going to wear to that? We donated my funeral suit.” This was exactly Bill’s reaction when I told him (breathlessly I might add) that we […]
Read More Mud, Belonging and the Bamboo Fly rodOne woman’s journey into the bamboo fly rod making abyss…
Read More 2019 Optimism, Rumination’s and “Savants” of the Bamboo Fly Rod Making Lifestyle