Aroner 7'6" 3/2 #4 Spring Creek "Full Flex" 7'11" Shadow boxed salmon fly

Shadow boxed salmon fly

This rod has never seen a line

Aluminum and cork ferrule plug

Please note: this rod has been refinished using a modern dip and wrap over technique

7'6" 2/2 #4

Aroner 7'6" 3/2 #4 Spring Creek "Full Flex" 7'11" Shadow boxed salmon flyIt's no secret that most of the rods I build are typically modern variations on established Catskill tapers, designs which couple crisp actions with fine tips to produce maximum casting accuracy. Over the past few years however, I've been quietly experimenting with a deeper flexing action, one that goes farther down to the swell and which is meant to create an action which seems to "cast itself" without being excessively slow. That is the design