Aroner Hunt Pattern 6'6" 2/2 #4

Aroner Hunt Pattern 6'6" 2/2 #4An excellent Aroner Hunt Pattern that was completed in the mid to late 1980's and which is mint and unfished! As with many of my rods from this period, the action of this rod is a crisp dry fly and slightly faster than my current models. The reel seat spacer is a lovely burl walnut with cap and ring hardware. There is a hook keeper on the wrap flat. Oxidized swiss ferrules (with no ferrule plugs). Medium cigar grip with a heat shrink plastic wrapper

an authorization to a tradesman to supply goods to a royal household

Please note that the keeper ring has been broken off

Maker" engraved on the bottom

Bamboo rod maintenance procedure certificate rolled in with the bag

a valuable guide for those interested in hand planing split bamboo fly rods

authored by the late Graydon Hilyard

Comes with a 5 wt line

Tied with stunning precision they look almost as if copied from a Master in a 3-D printer

The only signs of use on this rod are a speck of rub wear on the butt cap and a little bright patch on the inside of the guides

possibly in salt water as there is some evidence of corrosion on the inner spool

with two tiny rim marks being the only sign of use that I could find

Wrapped tan with black accents