A handmade Tonkin cane rod usually runs $1,500 to $4,000. Ours start at $420.
7'9" 5-wt Medium
The do-everything 5-weight most anglers start with.
$420 $600
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"The best cane rod I've fished, and it isn't especially close."
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7'9" 5-wt Medium
The do-everything 5-weight most anglers start with.
Young's Para 14. Parabolic. It carries line instead of punching it, and a long cast lands soft.
30% off$420 $600
Buy now, $420
7'6" 4-wt Medium
Dry flies on medium trout water.
Payne's 100. A crisp 7'6 four-weight for dry flies on medium water. Loads easy, mends long.
30% off$420 $600
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6'6" 3-wt Medium Fast
Small creeks and tight brush.
Dickerson's 6611. Quick tip, firm butt. Thirty-foot casts under alders.
30% off$420 $600
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7'0" 4-wt Medium
Tight creeks and small spring ponds.
Payne's 98. A 7-foot four-weight for tight creeks and spring ponds. Short, accurate, delicate.
30% off$420 $600
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7'6" 5-wt Medium Fast Action
The easiest switch from graphite.
Phillipson's Peerless, quicker off the tip than most cane. The easiest crossover if you have been fishing graphite.
30% off$420 $600
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8'0" 4-wt Medium
A light 4-weight that packs down to travel.
Payne's 200L. A true light four-weight, not a five in disguise. Packs to three.
30% off$525 $750
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8'6" 5-wt Medium
Reach and mend on big western water.
Granger's 8642 has the reach to mend a big western seam. Breaks to three, rides behind a truck seat.
30% off$525 $750
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8'0" 6-wt Medium Fast
Big water, wind, and long casts all day.
Dickerson's 8014. An 8-foot six-weight, medium fast. Turns over a big dry in a headwind.
30% off$420 $600
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8'6" 7-wt Medium Fast
Big water, streamers, and fish that pull hard.
Dickerson's 8615. An 8-foot-6 seven-weight for big water and big fish. Streamers, steelhead, wind.
30% off$560 $800
Buy now, $560Take the rod out for thirty days. Fish it properly, not once in the yard. If it's not the rod for you, send it back. Not a restocking fee, not store credit. Your money.
Fall Run pricing applies at checkout. Nothing to type. Ends October 31.
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