Dleo,
Did Skakespeare ever sell blanks? I was just fishing with an older cane rod that I purchased from a neighbor long ago, all it says in the signature is Shakespeare, C.H. Ferrel Avondale MO. Its a 9 ft, 3/2, probably a 6wt thats what I was using.

Had never fished it before, but, I got started thinking about cane and wanted to see the difference between my Sage graphite and casting the cane. I really enjoyed casting and fishing with the cane over the Sage. The Sage seemed so "hard" to cast vs the cane. Very interesting, I had the impression that you could go fishing with a good cane rod and even if you didn't catch anything probably just enjoy casting the rod.

Tim