Identifying Your Fly Rod: What You Need to Know

Question
i found a fly rod shpping  at a salvation army store  and i cant find out who made it above cork it says /chuck,s 660santa it was in a meatle tub case only a peace of a sticker saying mayflower 152 not sure if numbers are missing very posible mybe not also sticker has  an oval shape with a old sail boat in middle possibly a mayflower boat but its three peices one extra top pole measures9 ft with one top shaft and 9ft.1inch with othere on opisite side of bottom shaft  i see two sets of dots about 3 inches apart in a angle each set of dot are four dots

Answer
Scott,
When i see mayflower on a flat  6 sided rod , I assume it is Japanese.
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 not even made from Tonkin cane like most vintage bamboo fly rods .

Luck,
Mac

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