Ralph Moon

Harry, Harry, Harry. What have you done! This is the best thread on the list since grits.Now all we need is Some conscientious, careful, chap to collate condense and copy it to a secure site so that we can refer to it. Here is what I have. I am now 84; been fly fishing 77 years and involved in cane rod building 57 years. That is somewhat exagerated. I bought Herters book on Bamboo rod making in 1952 and spent the next twenty years building my first rod. So in actually constructing rods I can just count from 1972. I am a pre Garrison rod builder and had to learn all by myself. I have probably taught over 100 rod makers and only the good Lord knows how many rods I have made. I am a staunch traditionalist when it comes to rods. They are blonde, simple, but danged good fishing poles. I have made a few spiral rods and a few greenheart rods. I am nearly an invalid now, and have trouble going down to the shop, so I am writing a book, called Bamboo Rod Heresies. I have been on the rod list since virtually its inception. I live on the bank of the Henry's Fork in Chester Idaho. Great Water!!!

I was curator of the FFF International Fly Fishing Center in West Yellowstone for
a while and a long time director of the FFF. I love thelist although at times I get sort of cantankerous at the silliness it sometimes generates. Never had so many friends in the entire world as my fellow rod builders.

Thanks to all of you, Ralph