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split cane

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split cane
n
(Individual Sports & Recreations / Angling) Angling bamboo split into strips of triangular section, tapered, and glued to form a stiff but flexible hexagonal rod: used, esp formerly, for making fishing rods


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Bamboo or split cane rods are well known for their fine form, solid mass, strength and of course the grace it offers for fly fishers.
In the middle of the row of shops shown used to be a fishing-tackle shop from which I bought a set of Richard Walker Avon split cane rods, Mark IV, made by B James & Son of London.
Traditional materials such as wood, metal, and glass are being mixed with exotic materials like bark, twigs, fossil stone, split cane, crushed bamboo, and coconut shell.
 
 
 
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