Aroner Hunt Pattern 7’6″ 2/2 #3 DF EF Payne Rod Company Bright red bag

Bright red bag

adjustable drag

Brass-topped aluminum tube

The rod has a hook keeper and the ferrules are my truncated swiss (oxidized)

This is the limited edition rod that kicked off the "Spinoza" series of rods

Aroner Hunt Pattern 7’6″ 2/2 #3 DF EF Payne Rod Company Bright red bagAn Aroner Hunt Pattern 76 2 2 #3 DF in very excellent condition. Aroner 7 1 2 #3 DF Hunt Pattern is labeled on the rod shaft. This is a rare early model in this length and configuration. It predates the use of a roller die stamp which places its manufacture in the late 1980s to early 1990s. This is also the first screw lock seat I hand made on my small 7 swing Pratt & Whitney lathe. I had the anodizing done at the same place that famed reelmaker Stan