Aroner Hunt Pattern 7' 3/2 #4 4-Piece Brushed aluminum tube with brass

Brushed aluminum tube with brass top

The cap and ring seat is varnished Spanish Cedar

Nickel silver hexagonal winding check

The script on the rod written in bright red remains clean and bold

The varnish shows light scuffs and scratches throughout though it is without meltdown or bag burn

Aroner Hunt Pattern 7' 3/2 #4 4-Piece Brushed aluminum tube with brassThis Aroner Hunt Pattern is very early example of my work, dating to the mid 1980's. It differs from my later rods by the following two details: there is a wooden lip on the reel seat where it meets the rear of the grip and the wraps are a slightly darker shade of red then the current "may rose" color that I would later settle on (with edges that are also slightly darker). This rod boasts a medium cigar grip and has a mortised walnut spacer with a cap