Reviews for Fishing Bamboo: An Angler's Passion for the Traditional Fly Rod

The average rating for Fishing Bamboo: An Angler's Passion for the Traditional Fly Rod based on 2 reviews is 2.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2012-01-13 00:00:00 Rocco Racano Gierach is the Lewis Grizzard of fly fishing literature. As funny as they come...molds broken...etc. However, he stepped away from his "knee slapping" reads, to a basic book on how expensive, elitist and boring bamboo rod angler's must be. I get it, Gierach loves fishing with "cane" rods and fishes with the best rods out there. From the terminally dead makers to the very alive. The very best builders that are alive are his buddies. The ones dead for over 50 years he can not claim. I did learn from this book who makes or made an expensive rod, but I would have like to have seen a tiny bit more on the how. Sorry for the not so good review, but one out of a dozen or so books is not bad.

Review # 2 was written on 2011-07-01 00:00:00 Evan Swain A decent enough read though, not great. Due to the overall brevity feels more like a series of magazine articles than a cohesive book. It never quite goes philosophical nor quite technical but would give the bamboo neophyte either just enough to be dangerous or to be an instant addict. Gierach is unquestionably a great writer but, as he'll admit, he's a professional writer as opposed to a professional fisherman. I found his section on silk fly lines a bit odd; after spending 100 pages telling us that what is new is not always better he briefly skims over silk as an anachronistic hold out. Overall, worth a read but don't fall over yourself to do so right now.