Links - James Acord's Leather
Willy thought it said "licks" instead of "links." He and our black lab, Hattie Clementine Spooler keep Jimmy in shape by depriving him of a certain amount of food.
Here are some other web sites that you might find interesting:
- A. B. Herndon Rod Company. Bruce Herndon is a new friend and a maker of beautifully handcrafed split cane rods, near Malo, in the Kettle Mountain range, in the far northeast corner of Washington State.
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Broad River Bamboo Fly Rods. Rodmaker Doug Hall, of Decatur, Georgia. Jimmy's good friend and fly fishing pal. A wonderful craftsman of fine split cane bamboo rods!
- Charlie Curro's website includes pictures he's taken at all the Trout Bum Barbecues
and Grayrock Gatherings in Grayling, Michigan.
- Clear Fork Chapter
of Trout Unlimited. The local group Jimmy
belongs to, fishing the Mohican River, a stream about a half hour from
home.
- Denver Dave's Bamboo Fly Rods. Dave Collyer hand makes beautiful fly rods, specializing in mortised butts. He also deals in vintage rods, and his fish photography is just amazing.
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The Fly Factory. World famous, the original fly fishing shop on Michigan's AuSable River. Home of the Trout Bums. Hatch and weather lines for the Grayling, Michigan area.
- J Busse Fly Fishing Company. This is the only person I know of who's hand braiding silk fly lines and furreled leaders. His work is just amazing. Jonathan Busse is in eastern Tennessee.
- Keone Rod Smiths. Owned by Danny Heus. Here's what he says about his work: "Handmade,
Hollow built Quadrate bamboo fly fishing rods. Due to the cross-sectional
design his fly rods are the fastest rods ever built in cane history . Because
of the very fine tapered tips the rods have an incredible power but are
also very delicate in close."
- Mad River
Outfitters. Probably the best fly shop in
Ohio.
- The
2004 Makers Rod Stream Restoration Raffle. This is the group
of 28 makers, who collectively made the bamboo rod being raffled to raise
money to clean the AuSable and Manistee Rivers in Michigan. For the '98
raffle, they purchased a custom made rod case from Jimmy to go with their
rod. For the 2000 raffle, Jimmy donated a reel case he made just for this
event. And for the raffle. In 2002 and again in 2004 he donated a custom
made rod case.
- Over
My Waders - Contemplations by Streamside.
Reed Curry is a maker of beautiful cane fly rods.
Also an expert on use and care of silk fly lines. He's a good friend, and
I did a rod case trade with him, for a bamboo Catskill rod.
- RKP Cane Rods. Richard Perry is a rod maker and friend in the Mansfield, Ohio area. He's a co-organizer of the Buckeye Bamboo Bash, which is an annual event.
- Trout Bums.The
AuSable River's original fly shop and guide service. Info about fishing
around Grayling, Michigan.
- Trout Unlimited. National organization of fly fishermen,
whose focus is "...to conserve, protect, and restore North America's
trout and salmon fisheries and their watersheds."
- TURTLE MOON STUDIOS. Where Jimmy's wife Susan (me) has her art, and you can see the older work Jimmy used to help me with there. Paintings and art quilts. Not manly and fishy
at all. Actually pretty scary to men, probably including Jimmy! Like our
studios at home, the two web sites reflect a male/female differences thing.
Different planets. Go to this site only to see what Jimmy's strange wife
talked him into collaborating on, until his fly fishing leather orders took him away from me! :)
- Atlantic
Salmon Fishing Outfitter: Wilson's Sporting Camps. Atlantic Salmon Fishing Outfitter :: Wilson's Sporting Camps
- Miramichi atlantic salmon fishing guide and outfitter, Wilson's Sporting
Camps, offers several adventures from fishing for trout and salmon to hunting
big game and upland birds. Wilson's on the Miramichi has several options
for soft adventure including canoeing, hiking, biking, golf and new
corporate retreat meeting facility.
- West Slope Classic Fly Tackle will provide the best possible tackle from around the world through personalized customer service and access to valued international resources in locating the items of your dreams.
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