split cane
- 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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Historical Examples
This piece probably very fairly represents the split-cane work of the whole cane-producing region.
Prehistoric Textile Art of Eastern United StatesWilliam Henry Holmes
The English split-cane rod for dry-fly work weighs about an ounce to the foot, rather more or rather less.
The great elasticity and durability of the split-cane or split-bamboo rod cannot be easily disputed.
The Boy Mechanic, Book 2Various
The split-cane baskets, which are smaller and more neatly woven, are used in the house for all sorts of domestic purposes.
The Maya Indians of Southern Yucatan and Northern British HondurasThomas William Francis Gann
Split-cane rods appear to be much on the increase, but they are rather expensive.
Red Palmer: A Practical Treatise on Fly FishingJames Tayler