Payne 400 Salmon Rod 9'6" 3/2 #8 EF Payne Rod Company 2-tip #9 or #10 full-flexing

2-tip #9 or #10 full-flexing action red wraps with pale green edges at ferrules and keeper wrap

Finial style cork and aluminum ferrule plugs (though these are not consistent with the date of the story that comes with the rod

An excellent Homer Jennings fly rod

An excellent Saracione Deluxe Salmon reel

Payne 400 Salmon Rod 9'6" 3/2 #8 EF Payne Rod Company 2-tip #9 or #10 full-flexingAn excellent Payne 400 series salmon rod, 9'6" 3 piece, 2 tip and built for what feels like an #8 line. Medium slow action. This is a lightly used 1950's era rod and one of the nicest Payne rods I have seen in a while. Reverse twist snakes, perfection stripper. Wrapped brown with red or maroon edges. One wrap at the bottom snake guide on the mid has a few strands of thread loose and needs some attention. All the other wraps are good. There is a small