Aroner Hunt Pattern 7’6″ 2/2 #3 DF Marc Aroner Comes in a lovely Arnie

Comes in a lovely Arnie Mason leather case

noted tier and co-author of the classic book Hair-Wing Atlantic Salmon Flies

this handsome reel would be perfect for a double-taper #4 line

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)

Western style grip

Aroner Hunt Pattern 7’6″ 2/2 #3 DF Marc Aroner Comes in a lovely ArnieAn 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