I've restored a number of vintage American and English bamboo fly rods. Post or email pics and we can help you determine what you have. Big names like Leonard, Payne, Thomas, Edwards, Dickerson will be extremely valuable but many of the American (Granger, Heddon) and English (Hardy) large-scale manufacturers can be quite valuable these days too. Also note that many of these classic makers and larger-scale manufacturers made trade rods for third party retailers. These are more difficult to identify and requires some knowledge of bamboo history.
Generally though, shorter rods (i.e. 8' and less) will be worth more money - way more money - as few were made in the day due to 9' rods being standard.
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