Answer:
I'm not really more than holes tied to more holes; I'm strong as good steel, though not as stiff as a pole.
I start with an E end with an E and have a letter in me.
I can be cracked made told and played. What am I?
Blade to blade I always win My foe laid low and even. Yard by yard through thick and thin I'm busiest in season.
I need to be taken before you can have me. What am I?
No matter how little or how much you use me, you change me every month.