Payne Model 205 Bamboo Rod 8'6" 3/2 #5/6

Payne Model 205 Bamboo Rod 8'6" 3/2 #5/6For sale here is a Payne Model 205 bamboo rod from the 1950's. 8'6 3 2 for a 5 6 weight line. Excellent plus condition. The rod weighs 4. 94 oz with the up locking reel seat over spanish cedar spacer. A classic Payne rod with the Payne die stamp on the up locking ring. The rod is wrapped brown with black edges. The grip is western style and has been cleaned with no ridging present. Complete with ferrule plugs. No hang tag. The ferrules sizes are 10 64

Capacity - DT4 plus 50 yds 20# / WF5 plus 50 yds 20#

riveted foot

Comes in the original bag with no hang tag and a non original ferrule plug and tube

No cracks or other issues

perfectly pressed nodes in the "3-up" pattern

Payne Model 400 -- 9′ 3/2 light salmon rod for a #7 line

The reverse half wells grip is 6 1/4" in length with a very shallow taper to the point of almost being a more Garrison-like grip

One customer used it at a "secret" river to catch several 20+" brown trout

Where else are you going to find a Charlton 8450 for less than a thousand

Includes a replacement Orvis case

Chestnut toned cane with darker nodes

243): ”The 3 1/4” reel shown in fig 199 is also unusual for the fact that it does not have any ratchet pawl