Aroner Hunt Pattern 7’6″ 2/2 #3 DF EF Payne Rod Company Holden wrote what was for

Holden wrote what was for year considered the “bible”

One wet tip and one dry (possible replacement

dating to the mid 1980's

Brass-topped aluminum tube

Aroner Hunt Pattern 7’6″ 2/2 #3 DF EF Payne Rod Company Holden wrote what was forAn 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