What do you use when you don't have the money to buy PVC to throw in the lake?... use Hugh Jass cane!

What I thought was a little Switch Cane patch on the side of the interstate turned out to be a small forest uf Giant Cane! I was surprised when I pulled the truck to the side of the road and walked down with my trusty bypass loppers.

I've been working on these for the past couple of days.


I made 6 of them. They about 10' tall and have 12 canes in each one.

Like I said, some of the canes were huge and stood about 25' tall... most of the canes are half stalks.


I used scrap plywood for the base forms, and leftover screws from a deck project. The bases are 12"x12"x4"= 1/3 cubic foot of concrete = 50 lbs.

I estimate they weigh 75-80 lbs. each

I made my own quick setting concrete with regular sakrete and an extra shovel full of portland cement per bag of crete.




The angle of the canes is 22.5 degrees. I used my power miter saw to cut the angle just below a joint node.

I hope the Crappies like them!