Posts tagged: sweetwater rods

Underground Commerce: George Maurer Bamboo Fly Rod for Sale

September 25, 2008, by 7 comments

In the interest of keeping the stack of rods in the corner from growing completely out of control, I’ve decided to move a couple rods over the next few months – starting with a fished-once 8’3″ 5wt George Maurer bamboo fly rod.

You can read the listing and see the pictures at the Classic Bamboo Fly Rod site (but only the Undergrounders get free shipping).

My goal? End up with a handful of 8.5′ rods that get fished regularly, and that means winnowing my embarrassing collection of 8′-8.5′ rods.

I’m asking $1500 for this fished-once rod that sold for $1695 when new (at least it would have if you could get one; George Maurer – the man who taught more people how to build bamboo fly rods than any other – suffered an untimely death a little over a year ago).

See you at the bank, Tom Chandler.

, , , ,

Powered by ScribeFire.

The Friday Bad News Post

February 22, 2008, by 8 comments

We’ve heading into the deeper reaches of winter when life can start to feel a little like an Ingmar Bergman movie, and it doesn’t help when the phone rings and you find out friend and bamboo rod builder George Maurer just passed away due to a heart attack.

George was a top rod builder, and more importantly, he was a hell of a guy who ended up teaching more bamboo rod building classes than any builder alive.

A whole generation of contemporary rod builders owe a lot to George, and I will miss him.

One can only hope George is finally fishing with his good friend Harry Middleton on a stream where the wind blows small, and the trout run big.

Godspeed, George. I’ll tip one to you next time I’m on the river.