Think carrots

[Hamilton Reef]

Forget graphite, fiberglass fishing rods, think carrots

Carrot Stix, the veggie-based fishing rods, won the best-in-show award at the American Sportfishing Association’s international trade show this week. The carrot-orange rods are lighter than graphite, but have more stretch to land larger fish, according to David Hepworth, a director of CelluComp, the Scottish firm that developed Curran, the new material made from vegetables.

CelluComp, the Scottish company, developed a process to extract “nano-cellulose,” — material with fibers that are submicroscopic — from plants. The material starts out looking like soup, then it becomes mushy, and after it is processed, it resembles Play-Doh, said Eric Whale, another director of the Scottish company. “The fibers are very strong, tough and elastic,” he said. “Then we combine them with resins that we can use to make products.”

http://www.projo.com/sports/tommeade/sp ... cbab1.html

[Hamilton Reef]

Yes, I know this topic could be the start of the carrot and stix puns leading the big muskie to the boat.

[chartertalk]

I was in Vegas for the ICAST show and seen the sticks. Very cool idea, lightweight and all.