Age, quality, and value of my fly rod

Question
Hello I bought a fly rod that has C A Rice Littleton Colo. The name is five inches above the handle.It is a three piece set.The first two sections are 36" and the last section which is the thiner is 30". This makes it 8'6" long.It is a six sided which I take to mean cane bamboo.The eyes are all wrapped with tan colored wrap. Each section has black thread wound tightly. I count 37 places tie in black thread all together.The last five inches are stainless steel where the reel goes.The cork is 5 1/2 inches long.It has another 1 inch of stainless above the cork also.I have enjoyed fly fishing for 50 years. I started at seven years old. My brother used my Dads two bamboo rods and they eventually fell apart.I was wondering what the age, quality, and value of this rod is.If you can help me I would be very grateful. Thank You Hal Morris

Answer
Hal,
You have stumped the chump. I have never heard of CA Rice nor is he in my books:
Price Book, Antique & Collectible  Fishing Rods: Identification & Value Guide Homel, Dan. 1997 (2nd edition 2000) add about 30% for age of book.
Bamboo Rod Restoration Handbook by Michael Sinclair
Classic & Antique Fly-Fishing Tackle: A Guide for Collectors & Anglers by A.J. Campbell
Colorado Classic Cane Spurr and Sinclair

And  that lack of information is an important point. If he is low on the radar then collectors will have the same opinion. It could be a fabulous fishing tool but has little to no collecting value. Usually all those wraps means 20s because they didn't trust their animal hide glue, but with out some supportive information it would be a wild guess. Rods were averaging 9 foot in the classic bamboo era, a shorter tip usually means broken, which subtracts from any possible value.

Rice was probably a guy like me , built a few rods in obscurity , but you never know, someone may see this post and give us a hint.

Luck,
Mac

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