All the tackle shops used to carry Calcutta blanks." In a day when surf fishermen can spend two, three even four hundred dollars on a top end surf rod, it's hard to imagine anyone fishing on the ...

N.J., made the first perfect split bamboo fishing-rod for the trade, but to Sam Phillippi, of Easton, Penn., belongs the honor of discovering the utility of the Calcutta bamboo cane for fishing-rods.

Calcutta cane was replaced by Tonkin cane ... perfected the split-cane fishing rod. This photograph, from the Marx Historical Room, Easton Area Public Library, is from James Alexander Henshall ...

Using a Star Rods Stellar Lite fishing rod, Giordano demonstrated remarkable ... To submit your story, visit the site here. About Calcutta Outdoors Calcutta Outdoors is a leading global designer ...

It continues with the story of Dominic Lucero and his fishing poles. We all have essential items that we tote around. They tend to be small - cellphones, wallets, keys - but they can also be large.