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Rivercane arrow question

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Pat B:
Actual river cane will make an arrow but it isn't as good for arrows as many other canes(bamboo), native or exotic. River cane grows to 15'+, 3/4" in diameter, thin walls, large center opening and large nodes. You have to get shafting from the top 3' or 4' of the culm. Like I said before I have a few arrows that were given to me made from river cane so they will make good arrows but IMO other cane makes better arrows.
 My point is every arrow cane is not river cane. I'd almost bet very few arrows are made from true river cane. The nerd in me wants to use proper names for materials used so it is clear to everyone what exactly the materials are used for arrows.
 

Woody roberts:
I cut this in a cane brake alongside the Jacks Fork river. This cane doesn’t get much over 10’ tall and 3/4” at the base. Nodes seem huge to me. Nodes alternate side to side. I 2 fletch these arrows with the nodes on the top and bottom regardless of spine. Each one will shoot considerably better with one side up over the other. Once which side becomes the top I paint a white streak down the top. A yellow streak down the bottom. These natural shafts with turkey feather fletch can be difficult to find in the grass/ leaves.

Pat B:
What you probably have is switch cane(A. tecta), an American native cane very similar to hill cane but more widely distributed.

Woody roberts:
I wouldn’t know how to tell. The cane that grows along Jacks Fork and Current rivers never gets big enough to make true cane fishing poles from. The brakes are thick as grass and difficult to walk through.
There is no cane in my area that grows up on the mountain side that I’ve ever seen.

Allyn T:
I'll have to look for some next time I'm down on the jacks fork. Pat I assume anytime someone says river cane they mean the actual variety they are talking about

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