Aroner Fishing Creek 7' 3/2 #5 Gary Howells Spanish cedar slide band seat

Spanish cedar slide band seat

broadleaf maple cap and ring seat

Marked "24-4-122" on the wrap flat

In excellent condition

A lot of these touches really show what an excellent machinist Bob is

Aroner Fishing Creek 7' 3/2 #5 Gary Howells Spanish cedar slide band seatIt was fun to see this Aroner 7' 3 2 #5 "Fishing Creek" model from the consignor, this one with a DF action. This was a rare model for a few reasons. The first is simply that I didn't make many of these: the "Fishing Creek" model was intended to have duplicate tips which were not mirrored (node spacing). No ferrule plugs were provided and the rod came with a less expensive unpolished aluminum brass top tube. However all bamboo parts, ferrules, reel