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I've been working with home grown bamboo. I normally cut the yellowish colored canes and give them time to dry so to speak. Any trys or luck with Making 2 pieces??
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Re: Who makes and uses cane poles for bream fishing ??
[Re: Tom cat]
#7612875 06/26/2207:01 AM06/26/2207:01 AM
We don't have bamboo up here where I live, but we do use cane poles. I have 2 piece cane poles that are 50 years old. We use them on spawning bluegills, then at night all summer catching bullheads off the end of our dock. Probably easier with casting rods, but a Coleman lantern and cane poles baited with nightcrawlers or dead minnows is how we've done it as long as I can remember.
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Re: Who makes and uses cane poles for bream fishing ??
[Re: Tom cat]
#7612930 06/26/2208:29 AM06/26/2208:29 AM
I just made a couple for two of my Nephews (4 and 5 years old ) . I have a small patch of cane in the side yard that I planted 15 or so years ago . They only get about 12 feet tall , but make a fine pole for the Young ones . I think there is no better way to get a small kid started . No back lash , No hooking someone on the cast . Swing it out , lift back the fish. Doesn't get any easier than that . They will make good use of the poles either off the dock or from the boat in their Grandpa's lake .Can't wait to hear the story when the first big bass beats the bluegills to the bait .
old and tested
Re: Who makes and uses cane poles for bream fishing ??
[Re: Tom cat]
#7613026 06/26/2210:26 AM06/26/2210:26 AM
Back in the day, they used to sell cane poles at the hardware store. One piece......came with a piece of line, stick bobber and a hook. Later on......that became two piece rod........which could come apart on you. If you were smart, you rigged the line to come down to terminate 4 or 5 feet above the base. When I was about 5 or so......was fishing for bluegill and hooked a big bass instead. I was losing the battle, so my mother took over and before it was all said and done........fish had snapped that cane pole. She still got it in to the bank as line had been terminated near the base.
My guess is cheap snoopy zebco knockoffs are what kids are forced to use these days. What a shame.
Re: Who makes and uses cane poles for bream fishing ??
[Re: Tom cat]
#7613211 06/26/2202:44 PM06/26/2202:44 PM
I was introduced to cane poles by my dad.. he an old lews cane pole. It was stained red from the factory.. sadly it gave up the ghost while fighting a big catfish in.... but I was then taught how to make 1 piece poles.. pretty dang cool for young man of 8... lol.. 33 years later and I've stepped up to making 2 and 3 piece poles.. I use braided masonary line as my fail safe top to bottom connection.
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Re: Who makes and uses cane poles for bream fishing ??
[Re: Tom cat]
#7613504 06/26/2208:29 PM06/26/2208:29 PM
One time I was in Alabama doing a little jug fishing for catfish. My father n law cut apiece of cane , rigged it up, stuck it in the ground. I wasn't too impressed. The next morning he had about a 4 lb catfish.
Re: Who makes and uses cane poles for bream fishing ??
[Re: cattails]
#7613523 06/26/2209:02 PM06/26/2209:02 PM
Caught my first fish on a cane pole at age 5. It was a 5# channel cat out of a small dugout pond near Superior, NE. I'm 52 years old now and I still remember that few minutes of my childhood. About the only memory of those days in my mind. I can't remember using a cane pole since, but it does make me want to give it another go.
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Re: Who makes and uses cane poles for bream fishing ??
[Re: Tom cat]
#7613548 06/26/2210:06 PM06/26/2210:06 PM
Cane poles sorta went by the wayside with the advent of telescoping fiberglass poles. Much easier to transport and store, and you can get them in any size you want.
Re: Who makes and uses cane poles for bream fishing ??
[Re: Tom cat]
#7613583 06/26/2211:06 PM06/26/2211:06 PM
Cane poles sorta went by the wayside with the advent of telescoping fiberglass poles. Much easier to transport and store, and you can get them in any size you want.
This. Learned to fish with a cane pole. Better options now.
Re: Who makes and uses cane poles for bream fishing ??
[Re: Tom cat]
#7613678 06/27/2207:19 AM06/27/2207:19 AM
My GGF used to take me fishing and we always used cane poles. 2 friends 2 cane poles and not a care in the world. Those were good times. Great memories
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Re: Who makes and uses cane poles for bream fishing ??
[Re: Tom cat]
#7614228 06/27/2209:03 PM06/27/2209:03 PM