Marc Aroner Hunt Pattern Special Bamboo Fly Rod 8'6" 3/2 #7

Marc Aroner Hunt Pattern Special Bamboo Fly Rod 8'6" 3/2 #7A Marc Aroner Hunt Pattern Special bamboo fly rod, 8'6", 3 piece, 2 tip, built for a #7 line. Fast action. Mint condition, lawn cast only. I built this for a customer who never made it on his salmon trip. Medium flamed cane with small pressed nodes done in a three up pattern. Signature wraps with olive main wraps with olive brown edges and olive brown intermediates. Carbide stripper and black HSS high arch snake guides. Perfect varnish. Pot belly step

This is a rare offering

Comes with a tan poplin bag with a nice sewn-on makers label

this being number 407

easily mendable sets in all three

0 fly reel in like new condition

The counterbalance and winding-arm washer-cup are nickel silver

The black bakelite seat has a vertical crack running along its length

The rod comes with its original ferrule plugs and its original bag and tube with the original label in excellent condition

The action is a very powerful medium-fast that feels surprisingly light in the hand

Perfect mechanically with a nice loud click

There are also two hairline fissures in the backplate of this reel

Circa 1954