Aroner Spring Creek 7'6' 3/2 #6/7

Aroner Spring Creek 7'6' 3/2 #6/7A Marc Aroner Spring Creek fly rod, 7'6" 3 piece, 2 tips for a #6 7 fly line. Medium action. I built this Spring Creek sometime in the late 1980s. 98% new condition. This taper was initially developed as a variant of one of my salmon rods. My friend, the late Joe Garman, was a big fan of this action and it was he who suggested that with some tweaking this would make a great western trout rod for casting bigger flies. Features a black anodized

An excellent classic reel from a widely respected maker

Leather zippered reel pouch with 2 drying holes punched through

Period bag and brass top tube

" The cap has about 60% original oxidation and the slide band about 10%

Truncated swiss ferrules with collar and knurl

This reel was purchased in 2006 from Stan

Hook keeper on the wrap flat

with pouch and backing or reel

Large medium blunt cigar grip and a beautiful all nickel silver reel seat with soldered rail notched for the downlocking screw ring

Rolled and soldered ring

they seemed to offer about as enjoyable a way to fish for salmon as one could ask for

Brass top tip tube