Christening a cane rod

Published on Nov 29. 2012 - 12 years ago
Updated or edited 6 years ago

One of the great things about making cane rods is getting to fish with the rods new owner.
When the new owner is a friend and a very good fisherman so much the better.

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Luke Bannister

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