So ive tried hammock camping a few times and found i disliked the tent-like bivey.  It works well enough but is so claustrophobic inside.  So i was playing around recently and had an idea.

I took 2 carbon shaft arrows i had that were pretty old and i cut off both ends so i had clean edges.  What length you ask?  Well, my backpack has some aluminum extrusions in it as an internal frame.  I removed those and measured them.  So i cut the arrows so that i could install a nock in each end and get the same length.  These arrows will now replace the aluminum.   I weighed them and 3 arrow shafts are lighter than one extrusion.  

Now i have a carbon shaft with nocks on each end, so next, i tied paracord around the trees im hammocking between (basically just made a big loop) and then I clipped in the modified arrows, as close to each tree as i could.  This gives me a 22" flat above my hammock instead of the conventional '^' shaped roof.  I then secured my bivey with one side tighter than the other so the roof has a tilt to it, if it were to rain.  Inside i now have a lot of head space and 2 really strong carbon shafts to hang a light from, a towel, a shirt or anything else.

I found my frame pockets are capable of fitting 3 of these arrow shafts in each pocket.  So i now have 2 shafts with glued in arrowhead mounts and 1 with 2 nocks.  Trying to figure out what i could actually build with these that would be useful.

Sounds clever. Pics would be nice when weather allows

You obviously don't use a bug net, huh?  When I zip in its usually so dark I can't even see my tarp.

I tried creating something similar myself using arrow shafts, but found that the wind always picked up the side with the least slant. I'd like to create something with a flat "roof" and slanted sides to protect from the wind/rain.