For sale here is the book, A Masters Guide to Building A Bamboo Fly Rod, Garrison and Carmichael, Martha’s Glen, 1977, first edition. Harry Darbee’s copy with his bookplate. Inscribed to Harry and Elsie Darbee, by Carmichael - a long and heartfelt inscription. Very good condition with mylar covered dust jacket.

This book, considered by many to be the "Bible" of the rod building texts, explains in detail the step-by-step procedures used by the great American home-builder, Everett Garrison, developed by him over fifty years. The book starts with the raw bamboo, and works it way through the process, using over six hundred photos, until the rod is finished. There is a unique chapter that explains how Mr. Garrison developed the pleasing, yet powerful tapers that are so widely used today using his understanding of engineering principles.