A story that travels
As a small business and craftsmen we are beyond grateful for the generous press throughout the years
Oysters are a RESILIENT species that heartily cluster on the older shells. They fuse together as they grow, forming rock-like foundations that provide a stable habitat for others.
Oyster is a small family business in the most classic sense. Shannen started cobbling together a clumsy blog in 2009. If you can overlook the atrocious grammar, there are some fun recollections (aka) challenges divulged. Here is a smattering from the “Bamboo Fly Rod Maker’s Widow”.
50 YEARS OF LIFE AND LOVE LAID OUT IN
20 YEARS OF OYESTER
MUD, BELONGING & THE BAMBOO FLY ROD
ANATOMY OF AN ENGRAVING
DO YOU REMEMBER THE DAY YOU REALIZED YOUR FATHER WAS NOT PERFECT?
BEST LAID PLANS
AMERICAN DREAMS
ODE TO A BLUE MINIVAN
BE PRESENT
10 WAYS YOU KNOW YOU ARE MARRIED TO A BAMBOO FLY ROD MAKER
Welcome to Oyster’s brick-and-mortar on Main Street nestled in the beautiful Blue Ridge mountains. Watch us make rods, hand engrave and “exit through the gift shop”.
Hats, apparel & items that may be hand engraved
Full line of fly reels, Filson & other goodies
Bamboo Fly Rods in Stock or Custom Order in person