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Seat up or seat down
Posted by:
Rob Savino
(---.hsd1.ma.comcast.net)
Date: April 05, 2011 08:30PM
On a spinning rod. Do you face the reel seat with the threads to the tip up or to the butt down?
Rob Boston, MA Re: Seat up or seat down
Posted by:
Kevin Bergeron
(---.no.no.cox.net)
Date: April 05, 2011 08:32PM
Threads on top, makes a nice transition from the rear grip. It's more comfortable than your hands resting on the threads in my opinion. Re: Seat up or seat down
Posted by:
Jim Gamble
(97.106.17.---)
Date: April 05, 2011 08:39PM
We just had this same question less than a week ago ... [rodbuilding.org] Re: Seat up or seat down
Posted by:
Ellis Mendiola
(---.hsd1.tx.comcast.net)
Date: April 05, 2011 09:31PM
I like my threads towards the tip for the reason Kevin mentioned. Re: Seat up or seat down
Posted by:
roger wilson
(---.hsd1.mn.comcast.net)
Date: April 05, 2011 10:41PM
Rob
It is really your choice. Slip the reel seat on the rod blank and hold it in place wiht a bit of tape. Test it - with threads up or threads down. Check the feel and fit, and use the orientation that best suits you and your style of fishing. If you are using built up handles and fore grip, you can go ahead and ream out the butt grip and the foregrip to match the reel seat. Then, also ream the plastic arbor to match the blank at the installation point. Now with the rear grip in place, slip the reel seat in place - testing both ways, and then slip the fore grip in place. The testing will give you a more realistic feel for the completed rod, if you do the testing with the completed rear and front grip. good luck Roger Re: Seat up or seat down
Posted by:
Dale Holmes
(---.lns4.bat.bigpond.net.au)
Date: April 06, 2011 05:07AM
I've just built my first two spinning rods and it turned out that one was uplocking and the other down locking.
The first was a 6'0" spinning rod, with a 4 inch rear grip and intended for a 1500 size reel. Without thinking too much about it, I built it with the reel seat as uplocking. It feels good and its proven to be a good choice The second rod was 6'6" with a 7 inch rear grip and intended for a 2500 size reel. I decided to try a dry test run with the reel seat in both directions with the reel screwed in placed and the fore and rear grips in place. Funnily, it just felt a lot better with the reel seat as down locking and the whole outfit felt a lot more balanced in the hand. Re: Seat up or seat down
Posted by:
Torin Koski
(---.hsd1.co.comcast.net)
Date: April 06, 2011 11:41PM
If you build it so there is no exposed thread, like if you use the Fuji KDPS, it won't make a difference which way you mount it - especially if you build the fore and butt grips to match each other. Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum.
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