'Ah, the days of of a cane pole and a cricket on a light wire hook"
Yep, there was a bait shop down the road that carried cane poles for a while. I bought two 14footers and used them for much fun on the pond for 3-4 years. Finally lost them. A soft shell turtle about ten pounds broke one as I tried to land him, six pound bass got the other one, thought I did manage to get the fish.
The bait shop went out of business, so no source now. Wall-Mart used to carry those 10foot chinese ones but they are useless.
Use a six foot light/med rod now with a forty year old Zebco 33. It'll work but it's not the same.
