His quest for perfection has led Bernard Ramanauskas of Eden Cane to the very pinnacle of the bamboo rod makers’ craft in a fairly short order. Influenced by earlier masters such as H.S. Gillum and F.E. Thomas, Bernard's fanaticism for trout fishing and BAM EDE 0000 rod building led him on his pursuit of developing construction methods, and new tapers, to wring every last bit of performance possible from the finest cane available. His unique, time consuming nodeless construction techniques remove the weakest 18% of the bamboo and replace it with pure power fibers. His magic involves taking out the historic, unpredictable weakness, the node, and replacing it with predictable all-natural power. In Eden Cane rods, these weakling nodes are completely cut out. Long, large surface area scarf joints, hidden within the rod, are fused together with space-age adhesives. These sections are then arrayed in the same order that they naturally occurred within the bamboo culm; power fibers smoothly abutting brother power fibers. The stunning result is a dynamic taper that is incredibly smooth, light, and powerful; beyond anything you've experienced from a bamboo rod before. Eden Cane Rods are the only bamboo ever to win the coveted "Gray's Best" award from Gray's Sporting Journal.

"Eden Cane rods are, in a word, magnificent, the best cane rods I’ve fished….”
-James Babb - Editor, Gray’s Sporting Journal

"As close to flawless as human hands can get"
-Buzz Bryson writing for Fly Rod & Reel Magazine

"The smoothest I've ever cast ...a legend in the making."
-Len Codella, former Owner of Thomas and Thomas Rod Company

Leland is one of four Eden Cane Dealers in the world and the only Eden Cane Dealer in the Western U.S.