{"id":805,"date":"2014-10-11T23:04:02","date_gmt":"2014-10-11T23:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/?p=805"},"modified":"2014-10-11T23:04:02","modified_gmt":"2014-10-11T23:04:02","slug":"a-new-bamboo-fly-rod-fanatic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/?p=805","title":{"rendered":"A New Bamboo Fly Rod Fanatic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I met a great angler, Blake, from central California last week and got the chance to introduce him to bamboo fly rods.\u00a0 We spent the day fly fishing on the Middle Deschutes River about 12 miles from my house.\u00a0 I set him up with a 7&#8242;\u00a0 6&#8243;\u00a0 medium action 5 wt rod that he fell in love with.\u00a0 We got into quite\u00a0 few rainbows and browns, and while they weren&#8217;t large, we had a wonderful time.\u00a0 Needless to say, I&#8217;ll be building Blake a new Bamboo Fly Rod of his own in the upcoming months.\u00a0 Here is Blake in the middle of a cast stalking some fish with dry flies, along with a typical brown that we caught.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_806\" style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/PA050030-580x435.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-806\" class=\"size-full wp-image-806\" src=\"https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/PA050030-580x435.jpg\" alt=\"A New Bamboo Angler on the Middle Deschutes River\" width=\"580\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/PA050030-580x435.jpg 580w, https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/PA050030-580x435-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-806\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A New Bamboo Angler on the Middle Deschutes River<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_807\" style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/PA050028-580x435.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-807\" class=\"size-full wp-image-807\" src=\"https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/PA050028-580x435.jpg\" alt=\"A Middle Deschutes River Brown.\" width=\"580\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/PA050028-580x435.jpg 580w, https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/PA050028-580x435-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-807\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Middle Deschutes River Brown.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I met a great angler, Blake, from central California last week and got the chance to introduce him to bamboo fly rods.\u00a0 We spent the day fly fishing on the Middle Deschutes River about 12 miles from my house.\u00a0 I &hellip; 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