CANE POLE CRAZY

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Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on April 22, 2012 at 8:49am

Been having a blast with the Bream Busters down in South Carolina the last few weeks.....The Durango by Shakespeare and the Shooting Star have been getting a workout.....Been using a 12 footer for cricket fishing and plan to get out the 16 footer for some minnow fishing this week........Enjoy it when you get out there.....I'm definitely Cane Pole Crazy!

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on March 31, 2012 at 6:22am

Had a good day with my telescopic rig.....caught some nice Gills, a few Crappie and some bass...The cover I was fishing forced me to use a 10 foot pole so that got interesting on some of the larger Crappie and Largemouth.....Nothing gets your blood pumping more than that big bluegill circling violently after the hook set and you try to figure out when to flip him in the boat....Just a whole lotta' fun to go back to the roots of fishing......I like a challenge and catching the bigger fish on small telescopic rigs provides me just that......It's time to break out your poles!

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on March 9, 2012 at 7:44pm

slow and easy, right.

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on March 9, 2012 at 6:29pm

The fish I caught today David were staged in about five to six feet of water @ 56 degrees.....A little stained from overnight/morning rains with the passing cold front so I went with my Berkley Gulp Chartreuse Minnow tipped with a live cricket again....Most fish were caught three to four foot deep today without a split shot, so I was fishing a slow sinking presentation and it was getting hit....

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on March 9, 2012 at 6:22pm

As usual Jeff, how about some details? Were not that far apart, that your general conditions are like mine. I was planning to go tomorrow morning, and would be interested in your technique.

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on March 9, 2012 at 5:24pm

Had a blast with my telescopic poles today.....Caught 26 gills and a couple bass.....Big fish of the day is pictured.....Good time...If you don't have a telescopic, you ought to get one!

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on February 11, 2012 at 11:32am

You don't need the tip top, Chris. But I think it adds a nice finishing touch. And I add the fluorescent tip to many of my poles and rods... I just finished refurbishing one intended for catfishing, and out now sports a nice fluoro orange tip.
Don't forget the line winders, and good luck!

Comment by chris on February 11, 2012 at 9:23am

Thanks for the advise David. I was not sure what type of tip I was going to use.

I like the idea of painting the tip end, make it easer to see.

I was going to trim the bottom when I cut the poles to lenght

and just leave it open. I like the idea of makeing it into a small compartment.

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on February 10, 2012 at 6:23pm

@ Chris - It sounds like you have the whole thing well in hand. Youve weighted and hung the bamboo, allowing it to season. As far as I know, this is crucial.

I would add some line winders made from paper clips, epoxied to the shafts of the pole. I'd finish the last foot of the tip by painting it white - then a fluorescent color. Finally, Id probably add a fly rod tip-top.

Maybe open up the last chamber section of the bamboo, at the butt, and fit a cork in the end. Then you could use it to store split shot, hooks, a few jigs and swivels... that sort of thing.

Comment by chris on February 10, 2012 at 4:16pm

Hi all. Im new to the group.

I have been thinking about makeing my own bamboo pole.

Last fall I got a few peices of bamboo, all of them about 16 foot.

They have been hanging by the tip end with some weights on the bottom end.So they would dry nice and stright.

I was thinking about makeing a couple of them in different lenghts.

Has anyone made their own bamboo poles ?

anyone have any suggestions ?

TIA

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