Payne 97 Bamboo Fly Rod 7' 2/2 #3

Payne 97 Bamboo Fly Rod 7' 2/2 #3A nice EF Payne Model 97 bamboo fly rod, 7', 2 piece, 2 tip, and built for what feels like a #3. Late model "Made for Abercrombie & Fitch". The action is a sweet medium to medium slow. The rod weighs 2. 8 ounces on my scale. The rod has been refinished by dipping and then wrapped afterwards. The stripping guide is non original and the tip top is a large hoop replacement. Brown main wraps with yellow edges and what looks like the black edge at the

Bronzed guides

Comes loaded with a like new Cortland Peach DT4 and some backing

The reel seat has a crack down the middle of the seat

By Captain JH Hale of the East Lancashire Regiment

some small varnish chips on the rod shafts

2 1/2" in diameter this is the small lightweight reel that Mills had made to balance their one and one-quarter ounce light line bamboo rods

the midsection has been re-wrapped in the modern era with the wraps done over the varnish (not under)

fixed drag reel that was phased out in 1921

Capacity up to a WF5+33yds

Numbered 416

The whole reel is a dark anthracite color that is almost black

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