Australian Bamboo Fly Rods – A Brief History
Australia’s fly-fishing literature has largely been silent on the history of our own bamboo fly rods and their makers, and information about them has been scattered and patchy.
There has been no recorded history to provide an anchor for bamboo fly rod making in Australia today.
This new web site (see link above) seeks to fill that gap, by sketching the history of Australian bamboo fly rod making. The web site reflects three years of modest, voluntary, ongoing research, information gathering and recording of remnant and contemporary bamboo fly rods – to provide the content that informs this history, from the beginnings of bamboo fly rod making in Australia during the 1930s, to the present day.
David Hemmings, James Jones & Freddy von Reibnitz – 2025