Payne Model 96 Bamboo Rod 6'6" 2/2 #3 4-Piece Straw-colored cane with unique salmon-colored

Straw-colored cane with unique salmon-colored wraps and purple tipping

or even lawn cast

For sale here is a 3 1/2" Hardy Perfect wide drum fly reel from the pre-WWII era (made in the late 1920s)

In Taintor Foote's second book of the series -- entitled "Fatal Gesture" -- the narrator reveals that old man Spinoza is dead but that his son has taken over the business and that "they still put out the best rod on the market"

many being doubles

Payne Model 96 Bamboo Rod 6'6" 2/2 #3 4-Piece Straw-colored cane with unique salmon-coloredFor sale here is a Payne Model 96 in excellent original condition. 6 1 2 feet in length with two sections and two tips. The rod weighs 2. 6 oz. Oxidized cap and ring reel seat over cork. Java brown silks tipped yellow with additional purple tipping at winding check and male ferrules. All sections are full length and straight and the 9 64 ferrule fit is buttery smooth. Nice medium fast dry fly action. Complete with original bag and tube. Made between