One of the events from Fish-In 2001 was Ron Kusse and a "Cane Chat" -
which included how cane rods are made, care and feeding of cane rods,
and a demonstration of the strength of cane as opposed to graphite rods. The
pictures below show it, Ron sharpened a piece from a cane rod and drove it
into a plank. Nothing like seeing it!
Here's proof cane isn't fragile - in fact, Ron crumbled a cut piece of a 9 weight graphite rod between
his fingers to show how fragile it is. You've got to see this.
Bob Mead, (Mantis) demonstrated some of his "Realistic" flies to the group - he's tying
Ladybugs! It was delightful to see and his comments were great as he tied and answered
questions.
