Reports from Annual Gatherings
2023 Cressy Cane - 9 - 11 April
What an extraordinary 4 days that we had at Cressy Cane 2023.
When I think of highlights from the weekend - I hardly know where to start. When we started Cressy Cane in 2014 we wanted to Celebrate the world of Making Bamboo Rods…
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What an extraordinary 4 days that we had at Cressy Cane 2023.
When I think of highlights from the weekend - I hardly know where to start. When we started Cressy Cane in 2014 we wanted to Celebrate the world of Making Bamboo Rods…
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2022 Cressy Cane - 9 - 11 April
Here's an update of our recent Cressy Cane gathering. We had a smallish but enthusiastic group of makers attend. A few of us managed to catch and miss some nice trout in Brumbys creek before the gathering started. We cast some beautiful cane rods and chatted in the classroom about particular favourites…
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Here's an update of our recent Cressy Cane gathering. We had a smallish but enthusiastic group of makers attend. A few of us managed to catch and miss some nice trout in Brumbys creek before the gathering started. We cast some beautiful cane rods and chatted in the classroom about particular favourites…
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2021 Cressy Cane - 19 - 21 March
Despite the travel difficulties we managed to have a three day March gathering in Cressy with a smaller group of attendees. Autumn is a wonderful time in Tasmania. The winds have settled, the day is cool in the morning but warms gradually to a lovely temperature for fishing or casting at Haysies pool…
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Despite the travel difficulties we managed to have a three day March gathering in Cressy with a smaller group of attendees. Autumn is a wonderful time in Tasmania. The winds have settled, the day is cool in the morning but warms gradually to a lovely temperature for fishing or casting at Haysies pool…
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2020 Cressy Cane - "Virtual Gathering"
The COVID-19 crisis meant that the 2020 Cressy Cane was been postponed until things settle down. Instead, we ran a "Virtual Gathering" where people submitted what they were up to, and compiled it into the report below.
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and
CLICK HERE for the original 2020 Program…
The COVID-19 crisis meant that the 2020 Cressy Cane was been postponed until things settle down. Instead, we ran a "Virtual Gathering" where people submitted what they were up to, and compiled it into the report below.
CLICK HERE for the 2020 Virtual Gathering…
and
CLICK HERE for the original 2020 Program…
2018 Cressy Cane - 5 - 7 October
2018 saw our second invited international rodmaker attend Cressy Cane - Bob Clay - from British Columbia.
The technical focus was a "Rod Comaparison Project", where we made and compared variations of the Paul Young Perfectionist and a Dickerson 7613…
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2018 saw our second invited international rodmaker attend Cressy Cane - Bob Clay - from British Columbia.
The technical focus was a "Rod Comaparison Project", where we made and compared variations of the Paul Young Perfectionist and a Dickerson 7613…
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2017 Cressy Cane - 6 - 8 October
2017 included a tribute to our elder statesman of rodmaking downunder - Peter McKean, who we lost in November 2017. The technical focus of the program was rod tapers, and specifially how they could be analysed and modified using the online Hexrod program…
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2017 included a tribute to our elder statesman of rodmaking downunder - Peter McKean, who we lost in November 2017. The technical focus of the program was rod tapers, and specifially how they could be analysed and modified using the online Hexrod program…
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2016 Cressy Cane - 7 - 9 October
2016 was a very special year. We had our first invited international guest - Jeff Wagner - from the USA. Jeff started many of us Australians in our rodmaking journey through his wonderful classes. Thanks MATE!!!
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2016 was a very special year. We had our first invited international guest - Jeff Wagner - from the USA. Jeff started many of us Australians in our rodmaking journey through his wonderful classes. Thanks MATE!!!
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2015 Cressy Cane - 9 - 11 October
2015 was our second year. Nearly everyone was back again, plus some new attendees as well…
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2015 was our second year. Nearly everyone was back again, plus some new attendees as well…
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2014 Cressy Cane - 24-26 October
2014 was Cressy Cane's Inaugural Year. A wide variety of topics wetre covered, and pretty quickly we knew that this was going to be the start of something really exciting...
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2014 was Cressy Cane's Inaugural Year. A wide variety of topics wetre covered, and pretty quickly we knew that this was going to be the start of something really exciting...
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