Fibre-Glass Bows
For the last several months, there have been rumors thatan all fibre-glass bow would make an early appearance. Mostof us, who are interested in bows, have been looking forwardto the time when such a bow would be announced and,especially, to the time when we could examine and shoot someof these new weapons. We have been expecting some unusualperformances from fibre-glass bows.
We based our expectations on the remarkable records setby the fibre-glass fishing rods which have literally driven thesteel rod off the market and are dangerously crowding thearistocrat of roddom, the split bamboo, toward a minor posi-tion except for the fly rod. There will always be bamboo flyrods. Glass rods made their debut shortly after the close ofWorld War II. At first, they were very expensive but, ascompetition and know-how began to affect them, they becamecheaper and better. They have now had the test of time andthey have not been found wanting. They have proved to bebetter, from a practical standpoint, than ones made from anyother material. Among their virtues are immunity to "set,"imperviousness to water, dampness and temperature fluctua-tions. They are tough; they will take an amazing amount ofabuse; they have come to stay.
