Aroner Fishing Creek 7' 3/2 #5 Gary Howells Sam's usual front cork check

Sam's usual front cork check and the butt cap station are made of the same material

Parabolic"

bamboo tip tube with a brass cap

2-tip with a strong DF action - feels like a 6 weight or possibly a 7

A scarce and influential early work

Aroner Fishing Creek 7' 3/2 #5 Gary Howells Sam's usual front cork checkIt 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