Aroner 6' 3/2 #3 Spring Creek Special 7'10" 5 1/2" medium cigar grip

5 1/2" medium cigar grip consists of 1/4" corks

An excellent classic reel from a widely respected maker

The swiss ferrules are wrapped over in tan

A Stan Bogdan 00 Grilse Reel in great used condition

It has been in the consigner's summer house in the Catskills and was never uncased

Aroner 6' 3/2 #3 Spring Creek Special 7'10" 5 1/2" medium cigar gripThis Spring Creek is from a run of rods I did several years ago featuring ultra fine (. 046?) tips. I designed it to be the ultimate in light line, small stream trout fishing, as well as a rod that could be easily packed into remote headwaters. It lays #3 line beautifully and I've fished this same model throughout some of New England's best backcountry brook trout waters. The action is a fast dry fly. This model is also one of my "specials", meaning