I know this rod is a St. Croix, having trouble finding any other info on it, as a teen, my father did some work for a neighbor and she gave him some of her deceased husband's fishing gear as payment, that was in the mid 1970's, he still fishes with this rod today, any info is appreciated

Have you tried doing a rubbing with fine paper and charcoal over the printed words that you can't read? Can't see if there is enough wording there to tell you anything.

These companies do love to get pictures of their older products and I am sure they would reply back with some information of when it was built and for what techniques it could be used for.

Thanks Donald, I will try that, I can read the #'s 9109 and 6'6" but that is all

You might join rodbuilding.org and ask the members there. There is a lot of guys who know old rods and would love to help you out. Here is a link, https://www.rodbuilding.org/list.php?2
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