Bamboo broker's new adventure

In a previous posting I wrote about the tonkin cane which is used for making bamboo fly rods. The Bamboo Broker is one of the two the companies that imports high quality tonkin cane exclusively for bamboo fly rod makers. Check out the site for some very interesting facts about tonkin cane.

Andy Royer of Bamboo Broker used the same business model to create a new company called Picky Bastard Cork. This company imports the best quality cork rings from Portugal for the cork handles on fly rods and probably any rod for that matter.

Check out this video to see what makes a high quality cork ring and how the different gradings are hand selected by Andy.




Update Jan 4, 2014:
Andy Royer is diagnosed with colon cancer and is fighting for his life…
Hopefully he will recover from it.

Update March 2015:
Andy has been given up by the doctors…
Here is an interview at Bloomberg about Andy's situation.

Update September 9, 2015:
Andy passed away today. RIP