light “hoop” for bag cover/bivy?

You
could
use
a
hat.

Half of a plastic hula hoop?

–B.G.–

two A framed sticks?

one of those long balloons they make animals from?
Several strips of closed cell mat foam glued together?

Couple of carbon fiber arrow shafts or carbon fiber tent poles.

2 Stadium ballons.
They are long mylar baloons.

I have a couple of old aluminum tent pole
sections but only two and theyre kinda hard to
bend.

Ill look for a hula hoop n cut a piece off of that
maybe.

I know a good curved stick or two would probably be
around many stealth sites – if i dont come up with
anything Im satisfied with Ill try sum stix!

thanks!

Look on kite buildng websites at kite spars, read the material descriptions and you can find out which ones will bend and how much. They are extremely light and cheap except shipping is expensive.

How about criss crossing your hiking poles over head and attach a guyline or do the same with sticks?

i dont use poles and guy lines are a little
too involved if I just wanna plop down in
tha dirt ;)

Im keeping an eye out for some kind of plastic
or something like a car antenna maybe.

I also need to glue a couple loops inside for a
"sleeve"

Ill update if my solution isnt too wonky or
embarrassingly ghetto

cheers!

You might want to try some flexible tubing — look at the plumbing supplies in the hardware store. I have used it for constructing a "neck ring" for my dry suit, and have attached a length to an Oware bivy to see if it would work. Decided against it because the tubing weighs more than the bivy and that seems to defeat the purpose.