Alf":2jgner7c said:
Anyway, greenheart fishing rod? I though bamboo was the stuff?
Long time ago, before you were around Alf, in the '50s/'60s greenheart was commonly used for fishing rods, sometimes for the whole rod, but often for the tip section of a 2/3 piece rod, the rest comprising whole cane. The alternative, and much better quality, rods were made from split cane. Only one species of cane, tonkin cane, was suitable for splitting. Greenheart and split cane was used for coarse fishing rods but only the finest split cane was used for trout and salmon rods.
All since superceded by firstly solid glass fibre, then hollow glass fibre and finally carbon fibre.
So that's my bit of off-topic info. for today (but I was answering a question)

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Cheers,
Trev.