Hardcover. 108 pages

Index, appendices, photos, map, illustrations.

Light shelf wear.

Descriptions and photographs of the growing conditions; the cut and scrubbed culms (stalks) of bamboo; steps in processing; and the final product. Traces the history of the split-bamboo fishing rod from its beginnings in England to the work of master craftsman Hiram Leonard, who made the American fly rod world-famous.