I know. It's not an heirloom. You can point out the glue lines and nodes and all that stuff that I have no clue about. The only real research I've done on the topic was the book by Gierach. And, well, even he claims not to be an expert. All I know is it won't hurt as badly when I inevitably shut this in a car door, or feed it to a ceiling fan. If you'd seen how I banged it around today, you'd understand.

Here she is. "Assembled" by yours truly. Bamboo.




I fully learned the "allure" when this guy hit. Bent the rod almost in half! This was it for the day. And it took a lot of work to find it!




Actually, this was my first catch. I can't explain it...