Casting a Spell: The Bamboo Fly Rod and the American Pursuit of Perfection
- ISBN-10
- 1400063965
- ISBN-13
- 9781400063963
- Category
- Bamboo
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006
- Publisher
- Random House (NY)
- Author
- George Black
Description
An avid fisherman offers a personal and cultural history of the bamboo fly rod and the sport it represents, profiling gifted craftsmen who pursue the perfect fly-fishing rod and examining the tension between individual creativity and mass production.
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