An old guy gave me his Orvis split cane fly rod when he learned of my desire to fly fish. It was a 5 ft. "Mighty Mite" from the mid-1960's, built for a 5 wt. line. I kid you not. Not knowing any better, I taught myself to fish with that rod. 30 years later finds me with more varying length fly rods than a sane man needs, but that little bugger, with an old Orvis Flyweight reel and Wulff TT #5 line, still gets its fair share of stream time.
