Mike wrote:
Hopefully I won't get flamed for this post........It should be on
topic but lately even on topic post get certain people into a ****ing
contest but I have broad shoulders and can take it......A gentleman
that I do work for was cleaning out his attic and came acrost a
Monteague(sp) Bamboo rod two tips hardly used he said his uncle gave
it to him as a boy but he had forgotten about it he remembers using it
a couple time but it was his uncles before that.........The rod is
beautiful the cork has a little use stain on it has been in a rod tube
for the last 30 or so years.......... he thinks his uncle bought the
rod in the 40's any idea the worth of this rod.......All info kept
confidential and you will not be held to the price you quote

It's probably a Montague and they were/are decent 'boo. As for
it's value a lot depends on the length and weight. A 9' 8wt 'boo
is far less valuable these days than a 7.5' 4wt from the same
manufacturer. You'll have to convert the old silk line rating
(if it's written on the rod at all) to its modern equivalent to
determine the rods weight. Here's one conversion chart:

http://www.orvis.com/intro.asp?dir_id=758&subject=2875

Good luck.

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Ken Fortenberry