Payne 201 Fly Rod 8' 3/2 #5 6'4" Nickel silver cap and ring

Nickel silver cap and ring reel seat over the original mortised wood spacer

For sale here is an extremely scarce left hand retrieve Hardy St

I have also recently learned (courtesy of Joe Beelart) that there are only seven of the 4 1/4 oz

Winston bamboo rod -  8'6"

Comes with original fine linen bag and aluminum tube with brass ends and Carpenter Bros

Payne 201 Fly Rod 8' 3/2 #5 6'4" Nickel silver cap and ringAn excellent E. F. Payne model 201 fly rod, 8', 3pc, 2 tip. A 1950's era build with finial ferrule plugs. Medium fast action for a #5 line. The rod has been restored with a combination of some sections having been re dipped and others having been rubbed out. The butt has a few residual spots of minor alligatoring but the midsection has had a nicely done dip over. One tip is perfect, the other mostly so, with a few small matte areas left over from the