Payne Model 200L Bamboo Fly Rod 8' 3/2 #3/4

Payne Model 200L Bamboo Fly Rod 8' 3/2 #3/4An EF Payne Model 200L bamboo fly rod, 8', 3 piece, 2 tip, and built for a #3 or #4. Slower action. Weighs 3. 6 ounces on my scale. Recently refinished with a wrap color slightly lighter than the original and the stripping guide doesn't match what the original would have had. Fresh bronze guides and the first hint of cosmetic casting cracks at the ferrule wraps. The ferrules are oxidized and the fit is tight. Very good varnish job. The grip is 5" long

It sports English-style bronze snake guides and stripping guide

Provided with a period bag and tube

A nice George Maurer Sweetwater Starlight Special bamboo fly rod

Reel seat cap and ring is german silver over a very striking amboina wood spacer

For sale here is a rare silent check version of the Hardy LRH Lightweight fly reel

Medium wheat straw temper cane done in a three up node pattern

Fine condition

The blued ferrules are 12/64 and the ferrule fit is excellent

As always the Granger bamboo work is very well done

It comes with the original Hardy cardboard box with the label that confirms that it has the seldom seen "steel" lineguard

The rod could have been made early in the post-fire era when they didn't use serial numbers

5" frame edge to edge diameter (2