Vintage Sakura Fly Rod: History & Value - A Collector's Insight

Question

fly rod  

Lable   I'm having a hard find a fair price to ask for this.  I can send more pictures if you need I would love to know more about the history of this rod.  

Thank you

Answer
Shannon,
Originally sold by the thousands to GIs in a light long box with lures and huge flies from 1946 to the 70s . Mostly considered trinkets by collectors but memorial to GIs , they have little resale or fishing value. I have never seen any written history on them in English except the following. http://www.maxrod.net/article/
There is  a book  on Goggle books, with a little history  and a  limited preview: Bamboo In Japan by Nancy Moore Bess
They are probably not even made from Tonkin cane like most vintage bamboo fly rods .
I have cast several and they are terrible fishing tools.

Luck,
Mac

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