Payne Salmon Rod 9'6" 3/2 #8 5'6" The wraps are the light

The wraps are the light tan putty color with maroon edges at the keeper

The grip shows no sign of hand soiling and is 6 1/2" long

Nickel silver up-locking reel seat with fine knurled edges and a beautiful burled Elder wood spacer

This rod was lawn cast and then put away

this Spring Creek Model rod

Payne Salmon Rod 9'6" 3/2 #8 5'6" The wraps are the lightA nice EF Payne Salmon Rod, 9'6", 3 piece, 3 tips, and built for what feels to me like a #8 line. Medium, full flexing action. A very unusual rod from the Payne shop, this one is all original except for the wraps on the third tip. All of the guides on the two original tips as well as the mid are circle guides. The third tip may have had circle guides but they were removed and replaced with snakes and the thread color doesn't quite match, though the