You are wrong. Gnomad himself made a spyglass, and he used a collapsible
fishing pole that was given to him from a GM quest in steamfont. He knows
the formula and it's posted on his webpage.

>Reading this, a thought occured to me. I wouldn't put it past Verant to
>have
>made a way to make spyglasses without collapsible fishing poles. Then, they
>will
>change that "bug" once collapsible fishing poles can be made by players. If
>this
>is true, the person selling spyglasses really can't tell us how to make
>collapsible fishing poles because he doesn't know. He's just making
>spyglasses... he could be lying about making collapsible fishing poles to
>throw
>us off. I'm not saying somebody would do that, but he IS trying to keep a
>monopoly on the market, and I can't say I blame him with the money he's
>making.
>All I'm really trying to say is we're probably assuming too much. The
>brewers
>went through something similar with bog juice awhile back. Nobody knew it
>and
>EVERYBODY was trying to figure out the recipe. Once the recipe was found
>(actually, it got posted by a GM), it was nothing like anybody had been
>trying.
>People were using yeast, malt, hops, and barley in a drink that requires
>nothing
>more than snake scales and water. Collapsible fishing poles, if they're
>possible
>to begin with, could be made with a rod, a pine needle, and a gear for all
>we
>know. Hell, for all we know, a rod, a pine needle, and a gear makes the
>spyglass!
>
>-Rennin of E'Ci
> Trade Council GM