Aroner Fishing Creek 7' 3/2 #5 AL Walker Comes in Hardy neoprene pouch

Comes in Hardy neoprene pouch

This 36L "Fairy Catskill" is in excellent plus condition

and high arch high-speed steel guides

This rod also comes with one of Sam's business cards wrapped around the tube as well as a letter of authentication from Dana Gray -- Sam's protege who still makes rods under the Carlson name -- who has estimated the manufacture date of this rod to be 1970

Aroner Fishing Creek 7' 3/2 #5 AL Walker Comes in Hardy neoprene pouchIt 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