Glenn Brackett Bamboo Rods

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Glenn brackett bamboo rods.

The task is exacting. Sweetgrass bamboo fly rods. Email phone your. An inspiration in the shop as well as throughout the local community glenn will often say that his most sacred duty is to preserve the legacy of fly fishing by teaching others the many lessons of building cane rods.

The cane work fit and finish are all flawless. Glenn fishing japanese pen and ink unknown video. With 45 years of triumph and tears at the rod bench glenn brackett has been defined by his love of building bamboo fly rods. My partner glenn brackett and i cast every bamboo rod we made before it left the shop.

Big sky journal featured a story on sweetgrass bamboo fly rods in 2014. Glenn brackett watercolor by bamboo watercolor by chad okrusch. An enthusiast s guide to building bamboo fly rods. Walter hinick the montana standard sweetgrass rods come in a variety of sizes and configurations.

Each strip must be planed to. Glenn brackett runs strips of bamboo through his specially designed milling machine. During this time the bamboo rod tapers were also refined. Welcome tradition craft custom rods inventory news contact.

Sweetgrass 7 6 bamboo fly rod 8 sided 2100 this is a gorgeous rod from glenn brackett made in the unusual 8 strip pattern. This in itself gave me an opportunity to cast several hundred bamboo rods in addition to casting many customers brought to the shop. Features a downlocking sliding band skeleton reel seat 6 grip floppy ring hook keeper agate stripping guide bright snake guides ns ferrules with. Name first name.

We look at sweetgrass rods as our opportunity to contribute to the fine tradition of bamboo fly rod building as well as to share our beliefs in what can be accomplished if we all work together for a common good glenn brackett founder master craftsman. Rated for a 4wt line. Free shipping on qualifying offers. To carefully assemble 12 separate strips of bamboo into a hexagonal 2 1 2 ounce rod brackett figures his hands travel more than a quarter mile.