Payne Model 206 Bamboo Fly Rod 9' 3/2 #5/6 1 Weight 2 5/8” diameter with an

2 5/8” diameter with an approximately 1” spool width

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The reel is in excellent used condition with light wear mostly to the rim of the spool and reel frame

perfect for matching with a large two-handed rod

the wraps are all correct as well as the perfection stripper and the high arch snake guides with no brassing to the inner guides at all

Payne Model 206 Bamboo Fly Rod 9' 3/2 #5/6 1 Weight 2 5/8” diameter with anA nice Payne Model 206 bamboo fly rod, 9', 3 piece, 2 tip, built for what feels to me like a #5 line. 5. 1 ounces. Clapp & Treat model with the band of lignum vitae wood in the middle of the grip. The action is on the slower side of medium. A 1930's or 1940's era rod judging by the pot belly ferrules. Now comes the hard part. Is it original, or refinished and restored? If original it has had a reel on it perhaps once. I have only three points to argue