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Recently I was at a garage sale looking for "girlie" stuff.  Instead I found 3 bamboo rods, 2 reels & 2 (wicker?) creels.  What I know about fishing is nothing.  One rod has blue metal on the heel of a cork handle, there is a gold football shaped label: "Montague clipper with fish in center". fish is on red background  3 piece rod each about 34.5 inches.
It is in a heavy canvas bag ( "cover, spare barrel M8" sounds like a machine gun barrel from WWI or II to me.)  Pole #2 is by H-I according to its green & gold label Genuine Tonkin Cane Fish Rod Horrocks Ibertson Utica, NY  & written in white the  word "Beaverkill". it is the same length as #1.  #3 rod is bigger, only 2 sections but the eyes ? (round things the line goes through) are larger.  each piece is 42.5 " long  the big one is in its own cardboard tube with a padded bottom .    Reel #1 is silver, H-I & probably goes with the H-I rod.   #2 Reel is pretty irridescent blue-green Shakespeare Silent Tru-Art (picture of a fish) Automatic.  The 2 fish baskets are woven, round stuff on the big one is about 14-9-7" with a wood slide catch/closure the other one is cute (yeah I know a bad choice of words) I'd say it's older, much smaller weave of flat stuff,  12-5-8 & has a metal & leather closure with Pat 66289 on it.  The big one 's weave looks like wicker furniture.  The small one's weave looks like woven flat spaghetti.  I am hopeful that something is worth something.  The roof is leaking & the single pane windows need replacing so I am looking for $ to get ready for winter.

Answer
Okay lets start with the creels. I don't think anyone but restaurants (i.e. Black Eyed Pea for their walls) is collecting them.
Reels:
HI probably = about $5
Automatic if really working, might get you 20
Rods:
General comments:
HI and Montague  rods are shunned by collectors often with reason. They were mass produced , rather heavy and very slow. All your rods are at least 9 feet. Collectors really look for shorter rods.
You can read about the history and get an idea of their value in the following books:
Antique & Collectable Fishing Rods: Identification & Value Guide Homel, Dan. 1997 nor
Bamboo Rod Restoration Handbook -Michael Sinclair
Specific comments on rods:
Depends on condition- I have to see them to get their condition. I am in Denver and you ?
1:Montague Clipper dated by your description of decal as 1939-49. It was one of cheapest models sold at that time for 4.50  . The models start at $3 and go up to 6. A measurement of the diameter above the cork handle will probably confirm this rod has earned the reputation mentioned above ; Heavy and slow. I restore rods to fish , and I doubt if I could sell this rod to get enough to pay for my time.
2: Horricks-Ibbotson (HI) Beaverkill 30s to 50s . The cheapest model through all those years. In the 50s for instance, it sold for $9, with rods going up to $50.
#3:not enough info to evaluate.  I could even be a casting rod which sell for less  than fly rods.
I recommend you sell these on ebay as a lot and ask for $100.
Good luck
Mac

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