Aroner 7'6" 3/2 #4 Spring Creek "Full Flex" 3-Piece a slip strap closure with

a slip strap closure with a brass rod hinge

I consider this to be my finest work

in fact the only one I believe that I have ever made in this configuration

left hand wind

with a coin-edge knurl and rear cork check

Aroner 7'6" 3/2 #4 Spring Creek "Full Flex" 3-Piece a slip strap closure withIt's no secret that most of the rods I build are typically modern variations on established Catskill tapers, designs which couple crisp actions with fine tips to produce maximum casting accuracy. Over the past few years however, I've been quietly experimenting with a deeper flexing action, one that goes farther down to the swell and which is meant to create an action which seems to "cast itself" without being excessively slow. That is the design