I am very pleased and excited to have been appointed one of very few, approved Eden Cane dealers, worldwide.
Bernard Ramanauskas of Eden cane has established a reputation, amongst those who know about these things, as one of the world's foremost bamboo fly rod makers.
His mastery of traditional rod building skills and his advanced nodeless and hollow building techniques combined with his use of the finest natural rod building materials and most advanced modern glues and finishes available, make him the leading technician in the bamboo making world.
The superbly designed tapers and the aesthetic appeal and understated, subtle beauty of his finish match the technical brilliance of his rods. Add to this the fact that Eden Cane rods are lighter, stronger, more durable and thinner than traditionally built bamboo, with an improved power to weight ratio; and you start to understand what all the fuss is about !
Price and Availability
Eden Cane rods will cost £2950.
More information about the full model range and availability will follow very soon
If you would like to express an interest in ordering an Eden Cane rod, or if you have any questions please contact me.
Bernard Ramanauskas of Eden cane has established a reputation, amongst those who know about these things, as one of the world's foremost bamboo fly rod makers.
His mastery of traditional rod building skills and his advanced nodeless and hollow building techniques combined with his use of the finest natural rod building materials and most advanced modern glues and finishes available, make him the leading technician in the bamboo making world.
The superbly designed tapers and the aesthetic appeal and understated, subtle beauty of his finish match the technical brilliance of his rods. Add to this the fact that Eden Cane rods are lighter, stronger, more durable and thinner than traditionally built bamboo, with an improved power to weight ratio; and you start to understand what all the fuss is about !
Price and Availability
Eden Cane rods will cost £2950.
More information about the full model range and availability will follow very soon
If you would like to express an interest in ordering an Eden Cane rod, or if you have any questions please contact me.
Eden Cane have donated a 7' 4wt 2 piece rod to the Wild Trout Trust's annual fund raising auction for 2011.
I'll be handing the rod over to the WTT at this years CLA Game Fair. Visit their stand & have a look (you may even see me there).
Bernard also has two fished rods available for immediate delivery: a 7'9' 4wt. and a 7' 4wt, both 2 piece 2 tip rods.
If you're interested please contact me.
Here's a short film by Sam Ebersole, for your entertainment.
Below is an article by James Babb editor of Gray's Sporting Journal, written when Eden Cane was given a prestigious "Gray's Best" award, in 2001.
| “Every year, a new crop of split-cane rod makers emerges bent on either emulating the Old Masters or blazing new trails. Bernard Ramanauskas, of Eden Cane, started out on the first track, making rods to the tapers of H.S. Gillum and F.E. Thomas, but after learning what he could from their tapers he quickly set off on his own unique path— “unique” because Eden Cane rods are nodeless. Nodal rings are the weakest part of a bamboo culm, and the weakest part of a split-cane rod. To prevent rod breakage or flat spots in the action, the nodes in each strip are filed and pressed flat then staggered using various schemes—the ubiquitous 2X2, the Leonard 3X3, the Garrison offset. But no matter how they are staggered, nodes are always a weak spot and a wild card, explaining why a pair of theoretically identical rods from the same maker might cast quite differently. Ramanauskas played around with various spacing schemes until deciding the best was simply to eliminate nodes altogether with a long scarf joint. Other makers have tried labor-intensive nodeless construction in the past—Everett Garrison, for one—but Ramanauskas stuck with it, and bamboo-rod fanciers are the beneficiaries. Compared with his predecessors and many of his contemporaries, Eden Cane rods are quicker and brisker, feeling similar to anglers raised on graphite but with a subtle elegance and refinement graphite will never equal. And they are beautiful, with five coats of dipped and sanded spar varnish on the honey-colored blanks before the Pearsall Gossamer silks go on, then a coat of polymer sealer on the wraps and another glasslike coat of spar varnish. Eden Cane rods are, in a word, magnificent, the best cane rods I’ve fished, and they are, if not a screaming bargain, then at least fairly priced.” —JRB |
