Some epoxy for attaching a fly reel seat has seeped onto the threads where the removeable butt screws into and hardened. What is the best way to remove this in such a small opening? Thanks.

Ose a dull knife to pop off as much as you can. Finish clean up with alcohal or acetone.

A dental pick or a mechanic's pick with a 90 degree end on it works well (bent paper clip, too).

i did this just last night. i used an old buck knife clone, sharp point, and picked most of it out. a sharp pin, the sewing kind with a little ball on top of the head was used to pick out the rod bond from the end where the fine threads narrowed. denatured alcohol was swabbed on before and after too. the reel seat was nickel silver. good luck.

eric
fresno, ca.

A right-angle pick that fits into the throat is the safest bet. The sharp point will only scratch the bottom of the valley in the screw threads, whereas a paper clip, which has a blunt-cut tip, may scratch off the metal's finish much higher up the walls of the screw thread. That will make a place for corrosion to start on a mating surface between the two parts. Or might even lop off the finish at the crest of the thread. I'd try the point of a fine-wire Aberdeen hook bent to size & shape before using a paper clip like a back-hoe. Hold it with a pair of small, straight-jaw hemostats. IMO, -Cliff Hall-