Colorado Cane Rod Makers Convene

Turns out there are only two Federation of Fly Fishers casting instructors certified using bamboo rods, and one of them — Harry Boyd, Jr., a Baptist minister from Louisiana who owns Boyd Rod Co. (www.canerods.com) — attended the fifth gathering of the Colorado Rodmakers Reunion in Carbondale, Colorado this week. Dave Buchanan writes in the Grand Junction Sentinel about how the Web has changed everything in a craft where information has traditionally been almost impossible to find.