Two of gespliesste team - Philipp Siehler and Jarda Vecko - took part this past weekend in a Fly Fishing event over here in Czech, where I had a chance to meet them (more on that here:
Grayling on the Fly: Karlovarské mu?ka?ské fórum / Fly Fising Forum in Karlovy Vary )
Very nice guys, unassuming and totally dedicated to the cause of bamboo rod building. I was particularly captivated by Philipp's One weight rod - light as a breeze and casting accurately like hell (no use in any wind though).
PS: they are not German but Swiss, be careful about that