A college kid approached me this weekend and asked if I would teach him fly fishing and casting. I knew the kid and am happy to gift ahead what I have learned through the years.
He then brought out a very nice St. Croix 8 ft graphite rod that was given to him. It is a very dark blue, 2-piece, with 5/6 weight written on it along with Pro Graphite. No serial numbers could be found but it came in a very nice case and doesn't look like it was ever fished. Couldn't find out anything on the St. Croix website. Does anyone know how old this rod is and perhaps an estimated value. I am trying to find out this information so the kid treats it with the respect if probably deserves. Right now he just tells me he doesn't care about the value because it was free to him. Any help would be appreciated.

We did some lawn casting yesterday and he improved quite a bit in an hour.