I also fly fish with cane rods-- Pre-fire Leonards, Payne, Gillum, Paul Young, Merrick-Stoner Winstons, and Hardy and Bogdan reels. Not interested in selling any of them-used to receive regular catalogues from Marty Keene- now, just like with shotguns for waterfowling with forged steel components and real walnut stocks (Belgian Brownings and pre-1950 M12's) we have fiberglas and plastic and pot-metal wonders- ditto fly rods NOT hand made from cane- Fly fishing with a fine cane rod is like playing the Moomlight Sonata on a Steinway Baby Grand, using a graphite fly rod is like playing it on a whorehouse piano, a la Scott Joplin. RWTF
