dave
i lifted a copy of your post and put it onto FFIM...hope you don't
mind!
on a related note,
www.flyfishinginmaine.com (FFIM) will be having
their Spring Conclave (over 100 attendees last year) in Rangley this
June....the proceeds of the event are set up to benefit the Save the
Rapid fund (hoping to control the infiltration of SMB, working with
Forrest Bonney & other IF&W employees, etc). currently a bamboo rod
made by maine makers David Van Burgel and Scott Chase is being raffled
off....there are more raffles and details to come, but for info on the
rod check out this link
http://www.flyfishinginmaine.com/conclave/bamboo.php
tim