Typha latifolia - aka cattail. I was very surprised when I spotted some of these on hikes here in Northern Arizona. I can remember them very fondly along creeks in central Michigan where as a child I learned to use bacon as fish bait since I couldn't bring myself to put a worm on a hook.
@ninaganci Green worm inerds were definitely not acceptable to my 8 year old self. I think that it was my Grandmother who suggested the idea of raw bacon. The fish really liked it too, not that I didn't toss them back too. 8 year old girls can be so weird. Very thankful for the fav too.
This is super cool and so textured. I shot cattails today at a distance. Many of them were fuzzy showing their seed masses. None of them looked like this though.
Thank you all so much. This little cattail, about 4 inches long has been inside for about 3 months or so. I am not sure if the dry high desert climate is a factor not. I also was using extension tubes with my helios lens.
Wish I’d thought of the bacon. As a kid I couldn’t handle worms either...many years of garden later, I’ve come to regard them as beneficial, even if slightly unattractive, creatures.
Great photo! Perfect for the challenge. Wish I'd known about bacon when I used to take my boys fishing! I never could bring myself to bait the hooks with live worms or crickets.
@gardencat@eudora Thank you both so kindly. The bacon really did work too. I am now a fan of worms and have been known to rescue them and put them back in the garden after rain storms.
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Am trying very hard to picture bacon as bait, Bacon on the end of a hook and not in the mouth?
Thank you all so much. This little cattail, about 4 inches long has been inside for about 3 months or so. I am not sure if the dry high desert climate is a factor not. I also was using extension tubes with my helios lens.