The Friday Bad News Post
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We’ve heading into the deeper reaches of winter when life can start to feel a little like an Ingmar Bergman movie, and it doesn’t help when the phone rings and you find out friend and bamboo rod builder George Maurer just passed away due to a heart attack.
George was a top rod builder, and more importantly, he was a hell of a guy who ended up teaching more bamboo rod building classes than any builder alive.
A pair of George Maurer bamboo fly rods
A whole generation of contemporary rod builders owe a lot to George, and I will miss him.
One can only hope George is finally fishing with his good friend Harry Middleton on a stream where the wind blows small, and the trout run big.
Godspeed, George. I’ll tip one to you next time I’m on the river.
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