Enjoy bamboo rods , like the older english reels dingleys , youngs, hardys , i now run a guiding buisness on the Bow River for trophy rainbows and hog size browns ,Check out my site and bamboo / reel collection , forum members come for a fishing trip of a life time , i like to sell trade vintage tackle http://bowriveradventures.googlepages.com/home

semi retired now, served 21 years in Air Force , collecting bamboo rods and reels is my hobby, i was big game outfitter for whitetales , crazy about big whitetales , hunt or talk about them , my biggest is a 209 1/8 B.C , i love good bird dogs, brittanys , won the canadian championship 3 times with my dogs , enjoy talking about birddogs