What a wonderful shop. My guess is if there was to be a fly shop with appreciation for (vintage) bamboo rods, fiberglass rods and vintage reels it could only exist in Japan. The owner, Mr. Yamashiro, spoke English making the visit even more pleasurable!
Lots of nice (vintage) bamboo rods!
Payne, Edwards, Summers, Gillum, Young, Howells, Leonards, Dickerson, T&T, Winston, Wojnicki...
Some nice vintage reels as well
Contemporary Japanese bamboo rods
Two wonderful (four piece!) rods by Kakuhiro rods (top: 7ft 4/2 #3, bottom: 7.3ft 4/2 #4).
I really was impressed with the 7ft #3!
From the book 'Mostly Bamboo'
Love those tiny Japanese nets for specially made for fishing native Yamame
More vintage reels
Fiberglass rods finished by the shop
I even was asked to tie a fly
Thank you Yamashiro San!
Update Oct 25, 2024:
Here is a very nice video about Kakuhiro Nonaka:
2 comments:
I could spend a whole day in that fly shop! Those small landing nets aren't being made here in my country anymore...for small stream guys like me. Thanks for the shop tour...
I almost did!
Yes those small nets are really neat
Thanks for your comment Mike!
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