Payne 202 Bamboo Fly Rod 8' 3/2 #5 8'4" cracks or corrosion

cracks or corrosion

Young Para 15

This reel has a screw-in S-handle reel with a german silver counterbalance

The reel has an ever so slight bias for RHW but could easily be used LHW

A nice Orvis CFO I fly reel with a spare spool

Payne 202 Bamboo Fly Rod 8' 3/2 #5 8'4" cracks or corrosionA nice E. F. Payne model 202 bamboo fly rod, 8', 3 piece, 2 tip, and built for a #5 line. The rod weighs 4 ounces on my scale. Medium action. The rod has been re wrapped and re varnished and the grip has been sanded clean. Brown main wraps with yellow edges and a band of purple at the keeper and male ferrules. Agate stripper and black snakes, some with wear and some not. The ferrule fits are good and the oxidation is 98%. The western style grip is 6"