That, and the flex of my little bamboo rod, soon tired him.

Finally he handed Cheng a ceramic cup filled with bamboo rods.

Whenever he bounced, he struck the wall with one of the bamboo rods.

Each of the five boys swung a bamboo rod for a sword, and each was deadly serious.

From urgent questioning with a bamboo rod about cooked books, not the kind of source the embassy would recognize.

"You can really adapt a bamboo rod to a person's needs," he said.

But about a decade ago, bamboo rods made a comeback.

He played the role of the fish, holding on to the line while I wielded his ancient bamboo rod.

With his bamboo rod in hand, he walked by himself along the water's grassy edge to find an ideal spot for fishing.

Collectors of bamboo rods are known to pay more than $15,000 for mint condition antiques.