Charlton 8550C Fly Reel with Spey Spool - RHW 8'1" Payne Rod Co New York

Payne Rod Co New York

Dark tipping on the stripping guide

For sale here is a Hardy Palakona bamboo fly rod made in August 1974

That "scrapbook" of old catalog images and sketches of lures

The box is made entirely of highly figured birds-eye maple with a hand engraved NS cartouche in top

Charlton 8550C Fly Reel with Spey Spool - RHW 8'1" Payne Rod Co New YorkA superb Charlton 8550C fly reel with the super scarce Spey spool! Right hand retrieve. 4 1 2" diameter with a 1. 2" spool width and a weight of 12. 3 ounces. It is designed to hold the equivalent of DT11F and 230 yards of 30# backing. Serial #8550 9782. Near mint condition. The spool and frame are completely unblemished, I could find only some faint mounting marks on the foot and a tiny bit of residue on the spool to suggest that it has ever held a