Cane pole fishing????

[cajunlady87]

Well Missasip, now you have me wondering. Maybe you and wtrflwr have different varieties, I dunno. I do think they do make great barriers like you said and do have many used. Thanks for sharing.

[ncguy]

May 24, 2012 5:26:03 GMT -7 wtrfwlr said:

May 24, 2012 4:10:05 GMT -7 cajunlady87 said:

Yesterday I stopped to buy some fresh red onions with an elderly gentleman. Along his bayouside is this huge growth of bamboo plants, the exact size for cane poles. That old geezer refused to share not one plant of his bamboo with me so I could get some growing. Some people!

You really DO NOT!!!! want that stuff on your place Cajunlady!!! It is aweful stuff to have around. It spread like kudzu and the only way to get rid of or attempt to control it is too dig up every spec of a root, which is almost impossible to do!! I will even grow up between any gap between a foundation and a wall and grow inside of the building! Ask me how I know this? Yep, I planted 3 little sprouts and have been fighting that stuff ever since. You're way better off to just get it off someone else than grow it yourself. If you were closer you could have all of mine you wanted.

Also, if you cut own poles just remember they have to dry in the sun for several weeks before they are any good for fishing as they are very limber when green and easy to break. When they dry though they make excellent rods.

I'm with you on this one, have a heck of a time with it in te spring time when all the shouts start. if it ever makes it to the creek I'm in trouble. there was a guy up the road from me had a dozer come in and dig down 3 ft and 15ft out from the patch and it still pops up some in the spring.

[thywar]

There is a non invasive specie though. I once knew a guy in tulsa who planted it to block the athletic field behind him. Only grew what was planted and it grew about 30' in the air.

[720flysurvive]

Cane poles, my favorite are the Christmas ones

[USCGME2]

May 23, 2012 18:15:05 GMT -7 ncguy said:

ok i remember when i was a kid me and my grandpa would cut us a bamboo cane pole and go fishing. Now my question is whats the best way to rig the line to te end of the pole? Drill a hole? tie it below a joint? I'm hoping to go fish on the pond this weekend if I have time. We have a lot of hay down and i hope it will all come up Saturday so i can fish all day Sunday! ;D

If ya wanted to get REAL fancy, you could tie a whip finish to the end. That would not slip if you could get it to work.

In all honesty, I think I could catch trout with a cane pole too as nymphing kinda turns my expensive fly rod into sort of a high tech cane pole. I could just see the looks on the trout stream now from all the guys with their Sages and Ross reels! ;D

[wtrfwlr]

May 25, 2012 12:39:10 GMT -7 720flysurvive said:

Cane poles, my favorite are the Christmas ones

Dang I'm glad you made it over here! You are just too funny for our own good.

[swamprat1]

Like Mississipp said, tie off in two places. I usually will tie it near the handle end and then out near the tip. Just be sure not to tie it on the tip alone. Makes for a sad day at the pond.