{"id":22,"date":"2011-07-30T21:52:27","date_gmt":"2011-07-30T21:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/?page_id=22"},"modified":"2026-04-14T17:31:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T17:31:01","slug":"my-bamboo-adventures","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/?page_id=22","title":{"rendered":"About Me And My Rods"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Welcome,<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Finely crafted bamboo fly rods evoke a feeling of artistry, quality craftsmanship, and tradition.\u00a0 A well-built\u00a0rod has a soul;\u00a0a feeling to it that is often difficult to describe, but you know it&#8217;s there.\u00a0 Casting\u00a0one takes you to a whole new experience level.\u00a0 My goal in building bamboo rods is to create the highest quality and finest casting rods I can.\u00a0 I also want to provide you with a fine fly fishing instrument that is crafted from the highest quality materials and components available.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1532\" style=\"width: 2410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/?attachment_id=1532\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1532\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1532\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1532\" src=\"https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/schenker__dozer_dave-013.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/schenker__dozer_dave-013.jpg 2400w, https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/schenker__dozer_dave-013-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/schenker__dozer_dave-013-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/schenker__dozer_dave-013-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/schenker__dozer_dave-013-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2400px) 100vw, 2400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1532\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fishing the Metolius River, Oregon.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>My father had me fishing at the age of 3, and I had my first fly rod in my hands at about 8 years of age.\u00a0 I started building graphite rods in my early twenties. But, it wasn\u2019t until a good friend put an 8\u2019 0\u201d Leonard Duracane in my hands many years ago that I fell in love with bamboo.\u00a0 I\u2019m honored to be able to craft fine, bamboo fly rods for other fishermen seeking the same unearthly experience I do when I cast and fish a bamboo rod.<\/p>\n<p>I also build Bamboo Trout Nets and Bamboo Wading Staffs for those anglers wanting the &#8220;full bamboo experience&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to talk about finding a rod, net, or wading staff that meets your interests, you can reach me at:<\/p>\n<p>Dave Dozer<\/p>\n<p>17755 Mountain View Road<\/p>\n<p>Sisters, Oregon\u00a0 97759<\/p>\n<p>541-207-8374<\/p>\n<p>bamboopursuits@gmail.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome, Finely crafted bamboo fly rods evoke a feeling of artistry, quality craftsmanship, and tradition.\u00a0 A well-built\u00a0rod has a soul;\u00a0a feeling to it that is often difficult to describe, but you know it&#8217;s there.\u00a0 Casting\u00a0one takes you to a whole &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/?page_id=22\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-22","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P1JKLr-m","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3280,"href":"https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22\/revisions\/3280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}