Orvis Caenis Bamboo Fly Rod 6'9" 2/2 #3/4 3 Weight Beautiful Payne medium colored cane

Beautiful Payne medium colored cane

I would guess it's from 1951-1954

There are however no signs of use on the anodized sideplates and the reel foot shows no use

Black frost-anodized uplocking screw lock sear with a mortised walnut spacer

Orvis Caenis Bamboo Fly Rod 6'9" 2/2 #3/4 3 Weight Beautiful Payne medium colored caneA supremely rare Orvis "Caenis" model bamboo fly rod, 6'9", 2 piece, 2 tip, and built for a #3 or #4. Staggered ferrule design with longer tips and a shorter butt. The rod weighs 2. 4 ounces on my scale. Serial #78794 in mint or lawn cast condition. This model is ultra scarce, and never appeared in Orvis' regularly published catalogs and was sold through their newsletter called "The Orvis News". There are only about 26 known to exist (Orvis also made