"Idyll of the Split Bamboo" the complete work by Dr. Geo. Parker Holden (1920) in PDF format
prepared by Gerald Buckley as Freeware, a service for which all bibliophiles and rodmakers are in his debt. For a CD-ROM of the full product contact
geraldb28@mac.com .
Frontispiece and Table of Contents
692K
Chapter 1 -- The Joys of Angling
3223K
Chapter 2 -- Bamboo as a Rod Material
879K
Chapter 3 -- Splitting Out, Straightening, and Assembling the Strips
4438K
Chapter 4 -- Plaing the Strips
9649K
Chapter 5 -- Rod Tapers and Rod Plotting
1511K
Chapter 6 -- Gluing Up
9762K
Chapter 7 -- Ferrules and Their Fitting; One-Piece and Spliced Rods
12843K
Chapter 8 -- Windings and Guides
4361K
Chapter 9 -- Handgrasp and Reelseat
4963K
Chapter 10 -- Varnishing and Finishing
9576K
Chapter 11 -- Cultivating Silkworm-Gut at Home
5705K
Chapter 12 -- Landing-Nets and Other Equipment
5705K
Chapter 13 -- The Angler's Camp
5705K
