two little cane projects

[MSW]

nice looking gear! by the way, is cane another word for bamboo? different plant?

 

[George]

Kentucky's cane, aka river cane, is only one of many different species of bamboo. As they say, all cane is bamboo, but not all bamboo is cane. River cane tends to be smaller, while some Asian canes are a big as trees.

Spence

 

[MSW]

thanks! I'm no smarter, just not quite as dumb...

 

[Twisted_1in66]

The "cane" that they make split bamboo rods out of comes form a very small region between the Quangsi and the Quangtung provinces in China. It's commonly called "Tonkin Cane" although none of it grows in the Tonkin area. It grows 40-feet tall and the bottom 12 feet of the best pieces are used to make fly rods. It's been transplanted elsewhere but never grows with enough fiber density to make good fly rods.

I could go on. I have some in my garage.

Twisted_1in66 :thumbsup:
Dan

 

[MSW]

way way ff

saw some cane fly rods at Orvis a while ago ... wow - too pretty to risk breakage, IMO... (and way out of my budget)

but beautiful to see

 

[Mickc01]

Those are awesome, Spence!! I really like cane powder measures and hope I can work up the motivation sometime to make one too. Just hoping I can do half as well as you....Mick C :thumbsup: :hatsoff:

 

[Twisted_1in66]

way way ff

saw some cane fly rods at Orvis a while ago ... wow - too pretty to risk breakage, IMO... (and way out of my budget)

but beautiful to see

Orvis has been making rods as a company since 1856 and "cane" rods (split bamboo) since the 1870's. It takes about 120-hours of hands-on work to make one rod. Even with the massive milling machines used to taper the strips quickly from the inside part of the cane, it still takes about 40-hours of hands-on work for Charlie (Orvis' bamboo rod-maker) to complete one rod.

A quality made split cane rod is not nearly as fragile as you might think and they are wonderful fly-fishing tools. I got one for my 20th anniversary working for Orvis in 2007 (rod sold for ~$2,000 at the time)and I retired last year. I have a lovely 7-ft., 4-wt., Penn's Creek model that is a joy to use on spring creeks and small mountain streams.

Care to guess what my other passion is??

Twisted_1in66 :thumbsup:

 

[George]

Care to guess what my other passion is??

I hear you. Drat your hide, now you have me thinking about fishing in the middle of February! I have a little Goodwin Granger split bamboo, 7', 3 wt. which will be keeping me awake for a few nights, thanks to you. :haha:

Spence

 

[Twisted_1in66]

Care to guess what my other passion is??

I hear you. Drat your hide, now you have me thinking about fishing in the middle of February! I have a little Goodwin Granger split bamboo, 7', 3 wt. which will be keeping me awake for a few nights, thanks to you. :haha:

Spence

Glad I could help out Spence :rotf: :rotf: :rotf:

Speaking of fishing, I had knee surgery on the 11th and expect to be in good shape by the time trout season opens up. Good thing there's not a season on shooting muzzleloaders and I don't need to wade in the river to do that!

Twisted_1in66 :thumbsup:
Dan

 

[George]

Good thing there's not a season on shooting muzzleloaders and I don't need to wade in the river to do that!

Wish you had told me that sooner. :grin:



Spence