New black ugly stick!

I counted eight sets in that thing. I guess that’s good, because if it had an odd number of them it would cast crooked. With an even number they should cancel each other out and lay it out there perfectly straight.

I admire your creativity!
 
I love the stick, got a picture of it built out?

By the way, Fevertree pink grapefruit sodas are pretty delicious.
 
You mean you stole it from someone's yard?

The sets are all in one plane, So, if you orient the zig-zags straight up and down you'll hardly notice them. That also gives you more backbone than orienting the zig-zags horizontally.
 
bekko said:
You mean you stole it from someone's yard?

The sets are all in one plane, So, if you orient the zig-zags straight up and down you'll hardly notice them. That also gives you more backbone than orienting the zig-zags horizontally.
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Stole it?? Nah…..just didn’t ask if I could have it. The yard is such an overgrown eyesore, I could’ve clipped a dozen and not even been noticeable. But I’m not a greedy thief……. The zig zags don’t play a part in deciding where the guides go, the nodes are more important to the flex and strength of the stick. It grew that way, I’m just gonna fish with it!
 
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So . . . this will be the "Blugly Stick?"
 
The best bamboo for a whole-cane (versus split-cane) rods is the old standby Calcutta cane. It was first imported into Britain and America for fishing poles in the 1700's. The small diameter with relatively thick walls make them as unbreakable as modern materials; albeit, heavier. The amount of zig-zagging at the joints is minimal compared to other species.

When I was a kid, Calcutta canes could still be found at most tackle stores along the Gulf Coast . They were popular for sheephead and other types of cane pole fishing as well as a poor-man's blank to make a custom surf or pier rods. The raw Calcutta canes were about twenty feet long so you could choose your action and weight by using more or less of the tip section.

Calcutta cane (Dendrocalamus strictus) will grow in some warmer parts of the U.S. and you can occasionally acquire starter plants from serious bamboo collectors. Commercial quantities of Calcutta cane still come from India. The only U.S. source of imported and cured Calcutta cane poles seems to be Frank's Cane and Rush Supply in Huntington Beach, CA.
 
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Rubbed on a coat of Tru Oil today….oooh shiny! Also cut down the vintage metal reelseat to a scaled portion. Just ordered a 8mm black framed green agate stripper!
 
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Exactly what cork is that? Flawless no divots or dark spots. Baby ass smooth with no imperfections??? thinking AI. 🤣. It’s about to start. Or is it wood. 😞?
 
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