Above photo: Some of my 12-foot Demarest super select culms A few weeks ago, a client of mine asked me to show him some of my very best culms. So I decided to write a quick entry on my coveted stash of 12-foot super select culms. All my Tonkin culms are from Charles H. Demarest, whom I purchased a lifetime supply of back in the mid-1990s. I store these 12-foot culms in a temperature-controlled environment, and I am particular about keeping track of which ones I select for each rod I make. There are, however, culms that are so valuable to me personally that I refrain from using them unless I have special project requests from my clients. The very best of the best grade select 12-foot culms. I sort and base it on thicknesses and the locations of the nodes, then decide which culm to use for a specific rod. Most, if not all, of my rods are nodeless, and because I make smaller trout rods, I'm highly selective about the culms I choose. Back in the mid-1990s, I began storing cane wherever...