So the inlet groove is facing the wrong gway.
A new mistake for me.I tried to dremel a notch in ut but it is too thick.
I really don`t want to "boil the butt" or cut it off but what else can i do?

Cut off the last ring or two of the handle with the swell, slide the ring off, turn it around and then replace the last two rings with new ones, should be able to shape a swell with a power drill and sand paper, get the shape close, re-glue and finish sanding to smooth in with the rest of the handle. IMHO, minimum woodworking skills needed.

Ray Zarychta
Glastonbury, CT

David,
Cut the ring off the reel seat and leave it off.

Carry a roll of electrical tape with you. Any time you want the reel on the rod, tape it in place.

Thousdands of reels are held to rods every day and thousands of fish are caught every day by rods that have reels taped on them.

Be safe
REW

What type of rod? If it is a fly rod, removing the reel seat is not difficult if epoxy was used to adhere it. Boiling the butt in a plastic bag to keep it dry works very well!

Thanks for the replies,?Guys.I appreciate them.
I for got to mention this i s a spey rod.
So,It ha s a n upper and lower cork.
The real seat is trapped between them.
Right nmow,I`m thinking how to get a tiny drill bit on my dremal\
a drill a groove is the ring....

I would take the rear handle off an turn the ring around an put a new handle on you ,will feel better , an no one will ever Know what is going on

Phil-Much thanks for pushing me.
It worked perfectly.
Now i know...all I gt to do now is polish the gouges I made with the dremel
and I`m in business.
what a great place this is...hope tpo become a guru myslr in a few years...Otis

Exactly.Used the old cork though.
It survived being boiled [put it 3 pastic bags]
Thanks