• Close-up of bamboo fly rod with Portuguese cork fighting butt.
  • 8' 12wt bamboo fly rod with Portuguese cork fighting butt and grip.
  • Rigid, black ABS carrying case for bamboo fly rod with lock and Oyster Bamboo branding.
  • Bamboo fly rod carrying case.
  • Finished bamboo fly rods displayed in red-lined cases in a showroom.
  • Bamboo fly rod strip being planed with a hand-engraved brass hand plane, with bamboo shavings curling off the blade.
  • Hand-engraved scroll pattern on a nickel silver ferrule, crafted with a precision engraving tool.
  • Craftsman shaping a cork grip by hand on a bamboo fly rod blank, with cork dust flying.
  • Close-up of a bamboo fly rod section being wrapped with thread near a wire guide during assembly.
  • Bamboo culm being heat-treated and colored with a torch flame during fly rod making process.
  • Drilled Portuguese cork rings piled on a workbench, ready for fly rod grip assembly.
  • Stacked rings of Portuguese cork prepared for shaping into a bamboo fly rod grip, with sandpaper on a workbench.
  • Tonkin bamboo culms stacked on a rack in a fly rod workshop, with an 'Oyster' sign in the background.
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8' 12wt Bamboo Fly Rod Oyster Salt Series

8' 12wt Bamboo Fly Rod Oyster Salt Series

$3,570.00 USD
$3,570.00 USD
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This 8-foot, 12-weight saltwater bamboo fly rod is the ultimate rod for the ultimate fly fishing quarry. Big tarpon on the flats might be the most exciting challenge the fly angler can tackle. If saltwater bamboo is your thing, THIS is the fly rod you’ll want.

After years of using our personal bamboo fly rods to fish the sea...it's time to share.

Nostalgic, modern and truly one of a kind....

Premium Materials and Craftsmanship

  • 3 piece, 2 tip bamboo fly rod made from a single culm of genuine Tonkin bamboo
  • Hand split and hand planed
  • Black anodized aluminum uplocking hardware with a cork fighting butt
  • Super fine silk brown wraps with deep blue trim wraps on every guide
  • Extra select domestic English walnut reel seat spacer
  • Full wells cork grip made from Ultra flor grade Portuguese cork
  • Hand engraved logo and rod length and line weight by Oyster
  • Sage wraps with dark olive trim wraps
  • Ferrules and guides wrapped with extra heavy nylon and epoxy coated for durability 

Presentation

  • Rigid locking ABS Presentation Case
  • Upgrade to a locking leather presentation case for $330
  • Hardened steel combination lock for security and TSA approved
  • Matte black hardware
  • Each case has a Limited Lifetime Warranty
  • Signed Certificate of Authenticity by Oyster included

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