1. Braided line and direct-drive bait-casting reels were popular, but many anglers who came to the river simply used cane poles. 2. Carrying cane poles, we walk down the steep hill on a trail that is head-tall with weeds. 3. Houses in East Texas always had a fishing pole tree, a China berry or willow maybe, against which all the cane poles would be stacked. 4. I would have a cane pole and a bucket of worms. 5. My guess is the first catfish ever caught and tossed in the frying pan was hooked by a Southerner with a cane pole and a straw hat. 6. Now the cane pole is almost extinct. 7. The boy is carrying a cane pole with line and bobber attached, and a worm can dangles from his waist. 8. There are two stacks of cane poles. |