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Small is the new Big

20 years ago, we decided that making bamboo fly rods for a living was a good idea.  Why?

Small is the new Big

20 years ago, we decided that making bamboo fly rods for a living was a good idea.  Why?

Hand engraved hand cuffs by bill oyster

Hand engraved handcuffs

What happens when you are good friends with the law. 

Hand engraved handcuffs

What happens when you are good friends with the law. 

Bill Oyster circa 1974 horse

Bill Circa 1974

Circa 1974 - a little known reality about Bill is the fact that he was raised in rural NW Wyoming on his parent's horse farm with his cowboy father who...

Bill Circa 1974

Circa 1974 - a little known reality about Bill is the fact that he was raised in rural NW Wyoming on his parent's horse farm with his cowboy father who...

Smoky Mountain Living Features Oyster Bamboo Fly Rods

Smoky Mountain Living Features Oyster Bamboo Fl...

If fly-fishing is an art, fly rods are the paintbrush. But for the true disciple, fly-fishing is a religion-and the split-bamboo fly rod is their altar. 

Smoky Mountain Living Features Oyster Bamboo Fl...

If fly-fishing is an art, fly rods are the paintbrush. But for the true disciple, fly-fishing is a religion-and the split-bamboo fly rod is their altar. 

Fishing with a Fly Podcast Features Bill Oyster

Fishing with a Fly Podcast Features Bill Oyster

Bill Oyster and Travis Dailey 

Fishing with a Fly Podcast Features Bill Oyster

Bill Oyster and Travis Dailey 

Shannen and Cutter Oyster Bamboo fly rods

Cutter's First Bamboo Fly Rod Making Class

Cutter will be building his first bamboo fly rod this week in our July bamboo fly rod making class and I don't know who is more excited...Bill, Riley or Cutter?!?

Cutter's First Bamboo Fly Rod Making Class

Cutter will be building his first bamboo fly rod this week in our July bamboo fly rod making class and I don't know who is more excited...Bill, Riley or Cutter?!?