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Nickel Silver vs. aluminum weight?
Posted by:
John Gaylord
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Date: June 13, 2012 10:35AM
What is the relative weight difference between nickel silver and aluminum fly seats with wood inserts? John Gaylord Keewaydin Custom Rods Dublin, OH; Naples, FL jgbuckeye@gmail.com Re: Nickel Silver vs. aluminum weight?
Posted by:
Ken Preston
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Date: June 13, 2012 11:01AM
Aluminum will be lighter - but the type of wood insert (and diameter of the insert) will likely make more of a difference. On a related note - since the reel seat and reel will be below your hand any weight there will serve to off-set any weight forward of your hand (helping balance the rod) Re: Nickel Silver vs. aluminum weight?
Posted by:
Michael Blomme
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Date: June 13, 2012 11:03AM
John,
Nickel Silver is an alloy made from much denser metals and for a given thickness will be heavier than aluminum. I suspect that the aluminum reel seats may also be an alloy to strengthen the aluminum. However I believe all of that is moot. The reel seat is on the butt section of the rod where the flexing is much less than on the tip section--especially on fast action rods. If you are going to have a little extra weight, the butt section is the best place or it. In addition, when you add the weight of the reel, the extra weight from the reel seat is minor. You could test this by taping up each type of reel seat, attaching the reel and determining where the balance point is for each reel seat. Good luck. Mike Blomme Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum.
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