Tent poles for porch mode

[Draketake]

I am with FLTurtle. I just grab sticks/branches. Less stuff to carry/pack.

[brohawk]

I don't usually use trekking poles and enjoy the using the handloops on my ULA pack instead. For porch mode I always find some green branches to use. You could also use one of Zpacks staff's, they seem to be a pretty neat alternative and much longer.

[Seadug]

I bought some aluminum tubing with male and female ends from Bear Paw Wilderness Designs. I also bought the inserts for the ends and some shock cord and assembled exactly what I needed.

[cmoulder]

Another vote for found sticks if not using trekking poles. A clove hitch holds guyline to stick, but truth is you can throw on just about any kind of crazy wrap and it'll probably hold.