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3 posts tagged "Headwaters".

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A wild Colorado cutthroat on river cobble beside the Headwaters Madison bamboo rod and its Clark Fork click-and-pawl reel

Headwaters Madison Review — the Payne 200L 8-Foot 4-Weight

A hands-on love letter to the Headwaters Madison — the 8'0" 4-wt Payne 200L bamboo rod, and why it's the cane rod I reach for on bigger water.

September 1, 202610 min read

A hand-planed bamboo blank with red and black thread wraps, a white-winged dry fly hooked on the snake guide and yellow fly line running off over a mossy rock and shallow moving water (photo: Headwaters Bamboo)

Best Bamboo Fly Rods of 2026 — From $500 to Heirloom

The best bamboo fly rods you can actually buy new in 2026 — from the $500 Headwaters that punches way above its price to heirloom cane from Winston, Orvis, and Oyster.

August 28, 202627 min read

Me fishing the Headwaters Gallatin at Deckers — blonde cane held out low at the end of the delivery, the line laid out across a shallow green South Platte riffle, willows crowding the far bank

Headwaters Gallatin Review — Bamboo on a Colorado Tailwater

An honest, hands-on Headwaters Gallatin review — the 7'6" 4-wt bamboo rod (Payne 100 taper) after real days throwing dries on the South Platte at Deckers.

August 7, 202615 min read