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For sale here is the DVD, “Creating the Garrrison Fly Rod” by Hoagy B. Carmichael. The film was originally produced in 1973 in association with the Anglers’ Club of New York. Color. 43 minutes. This entertaining video, the only existing film of any classic rodmaker, shows the great Everett Garrison in his workshop, demonstrating & explaining how he made his world famous bamboo fly rods. Beginning with splitting the raw bamboo, he details his own procedures, using his unusual binding machine, silk winding technique, & unique varnishing tanks, until we see a completed rod, ready for the river. A great companion to the classic rodbuilding book by Garrison and Carmichael, A Master’s Guide to Building a Bamboo Fly Rod.