"I say, play your own way. Don’t play what the public wants. You play what you want and let the public pick up on what you’re doing, even if it does take them fifteen, twenty years."

- Thelonious Monk



You go where you look



Handmade with the best Intentions in Blue Ridge, Georgia



Oyster is a full-time bamboo fly rod making workshop in one of the south's most authentic mountain towns (Blue Ridge, GA). Each Oyster Bamboo Fly Rod is intensely hand crafted. Bill is the only professional bamboo fly rod maker in the world who personally hand engraves his own rods.


The performance and aesthetics of each rod is truly remarkable. Oyster has been commissioned to make rods for many of the world's finest anglers including President Jimmy Carter. As the most prolific teacher of this rod making art alive today, Oyster draws students from as far away as England, Scotland, Australia and New Zealand as well as every corner of the US to his southern mountain town studio in beautiful Blue Ridge, Georgia.


Each year, Oyster introduces a little more of the world to this traditional craft and a look into the life of a bamboo fly rod maker.



Oyster ecosystem

Oysters are a RESILIENT species that heartily cluster on the older shells. They fuse together as they grow, forming rock-like foundations that provide a stable habitat for others.





The relentless FLY FISHING COMMUNITY



BILL



Shannen



RILEY



The great state of Georgia



CUTTER
OUR HEART



RONI
OUR JOY



Our beloved Oyster
CLIENTS who become genuine friends



DADDY



DEAN



KASSIe, charleigh &
Willow



OUR beautiful homeTOWN
of blue ridge, georgia



Quinn



Fellow
craftsmen, photographers, artists & filmmakers



Paxton



NIBBLES THE CITY KITTY



Dreamers



All Bamboo fly rod builders & BUSINESSES
supporting the craft



Pickles



Pepper



Our incredibly supportive families near and far



oyster media





a story that travels

As a small business and craftsmen we are beyond grateful for the generous press throughout the years







Deeper dive?





Oyster is a small family business in the most classic sense. Shannen started cobbling together a clumsy blog in 2009.
If you can overlook the atrocious grammar, there are some fun recollections (aka) challenges divulged.
Here is a smattering from the “Bamboo Fly Rod Maker’s Widow”.



Oyster showroom on main



Welcome to Oyster’s brick and mortar on Main Street nestled in the beautiful Blue Ridge mountains. Watch us make rods, hand engrave and “exit through the gift shop”.



Hats & Apparel



Filson & other Goodies



Bamboo Fly Rods



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Visit Oyster online or on Main Street.



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“I think I fish, in part, because it's an anti-social, bohemian business that, when gone about properly, puts you forever outside the mainstream culture without actually landing you in an institution.”


- John Gierach



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oyster bamboo fly rods


494 East Main Street
Blue Ridge, Georgia
USA
706.374.4239
www.oysterbamboo.com
[email protected]