Aroner Fishing Creek Fly Rod 7'6" 3/2 #5

Aroner Fishing Creek Fly Rod 7'6" 3/2 #5A rare Aroner "Fishing Creek" fly rod, 7'6" 3 piece, 2 tip and built for #5 line. Fast D. F. Action. Near mint condition. Slight brassing inside the guides and very slight coloring from hand on the grip. 11 cork medium blunt grip. Early style mortised swamp maple reel seat with the wooden lip up to the edge of the rear cork. No die stamp on the butt cap dates this rod to the late 1980's. A few small scratches on the reel seat. "Aroner 71 2' #5.

with aluminum uplocking screw lock

Thread treatment was original

I'm not sure what more you can say about this reel other than that it is one of the finest reels made today

like the "light bulb" thread of the screw lock barrel

Features a black anodized uplocking screw lock handmade in my shop

landing something like 60 salmon on that rod

The second of two Hardy bamboo rod tubes that we have

The pocket cap is die stamped "Paul H Young Co

To determine the proper size

This model is a medium dry fly action

Sam was the last direct link to the "Golden Age"of rodmaking

yellow and purple at the male ferrules