Morris the Rodmaker

[Tim Schulz]

Zach’s post on grammah started a discussion about compound words, and one of those words was ‘rodmaker’.  

The discussion caused me to think about a ‘yarn’ called “Morris the Rodmaker” that John Voelker wrote in his book Trout Magic.  The first line in that essay is, “Fly rods are like Cornish pasties — both are best made for love rather than for money.”

The memory of that story caused me to search the internet for ‘Morris the Rodmaker’.  In doing so, I learned that Morris’ grandson made a video about his grandfather that aired on PBS in the early 80’s.  Evidently, he is selling a DVD with the original video and interviews with John Voelker and bamboo rodmaker Bob Summers:

http://www.morristherodmaker.com/Morris_the_Rodmaker_2.html

I placed an order today, so I haven’t seen the video yet.  However, here is a trailer that prominently features commentary from the good judge Voelker:

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xR6vbffTD0Y[/media]

Cheers,
Tim

[andrew connell]

Love to hear what you think about the DVD when you get it Tim.

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