Why Bamboo Fly Rods Are So Expensive
Why hand-built cane costs so much — 100+ hours of labor, single-source Tonkin, taper precision in thousandths, and the value-cane tier that changed the math.
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How a Bamboo Fly Rod Is Actually Made
What really goes into a split-cane fly rod — from a culm of Tonkin bamboo to a finished hex blank, and why it takes over 100 hours.
What Is Tonkin Cane — and Why Every Bamboo Rod Depends on One Chinese River
Why nearly every bamboo fly rod is built from one species of bamboo grown in a single small region of China — and what makes Tonkin cane work.