And in the catching of the black bass there came eventually to the nine-ounce split bamboo in her little hands as many trophies as to his heavier lancewood.
"A Man and a Woman"
Stanley Waterloo
He had two jointed fish-poles-one a light, split bamboo, such as is used in fly-fishing, and the other a stout lancewood, for such heavy fish as black bass and pike.
"The Boy Trapper"
Harry Castlemon
With the exception of lancewood, lemon wood, or osage orange, which are hard to get, the next best wood to yew is red Tennessee cedar backed with hickory.
"Hunting with the Bow and Arrow"
Saxton Pope