Payne 200 Bamboo Rod 8' 3/2 #4

Payne 200 Bamboo Rod 8' 3/2 #4For sale here is a Payne Model 200 bamboo rod in very good and condition but missing one tip. I've been told it was made in the late 1930's. 8 feet, 3 2 for a DT4 line. Sold by retailer Clapp and Treat. The black ring on the grip was a hallmark of Clapp and Treat rods. Classic Payne dry fly action. Ferrules are size 9 and 14. Down sliding cap and ring over spanish cedar insert. Very nice red agate stripping guide which, like the black ring around the

No Glare Finish - We designed these reels to be fished and fished hard

Outer dimensions are 9" long x 6" wide x 2 1/4" deep

Palakona bamboo fly rod

and a rosewood spacer with aluminum down-locking reel seat hardware

Swiss ferrules with collar

Serial number K9

The seat will only allow a reel foot 2 1/4" in length and quite thin

The reel seat is a bit dinged up

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with a crisp medium-fast dry-fly action capable of the utmost finesse and delicacy while maintaining plenty of backbone in the butt section

2761 which dates the rod to the late 1970's

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