Join the Cataloochee chapter of Trout Unlimited at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 15, at the Waynesville Recreation Center for a presentation on Bamboo Fly Rod Restoration by noted local craftsman Tommy Thomas.
Thomas is a well-known maker of custom fly rods as well as an instructor of fly fishing and fly tying. He will build a three-piece, 7-foot, 9-inch bamboo rod made of new and existing components. The rod will have emerald-green silks (nylon thread wraps) tipped in chocolate and hand-tied with a two-part high gloss epoxy finish. It will be fitted with a chrome stripping guide and include new mildrum snake guides and Mildrum hook keeper.
