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Reel foot Hood
Posted by: Bruce Tomaselli (---.hsd1.pa.comcast.net)
Date: October 12, 2020 05:30PM

A guy called me and told me the the reel foot hood pulled away from the cork ring on his fly rod. He was landing a coho. It appears as though all I need to do is to re-glue it for him. Is that correct? It seems too simple a fix. Am I missing something?
Thanks



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/12/2020 05:31PM by Bruce Tomaselli.

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Re: Reel foot Hood
Posted by: Lynn Behler (---.97.252.156.res-cmts.leh.ptd.net)
Date: October 12, 2020 05:57PM

I know little about fly rods but if nothing else is broken and it will function after being glued and will remain glued, there's not much more you can do. Clean it up a bit and glue it.

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Re: Reel foot Hood
Posted by: Michael Danek (---.alma.mi.frontiernet.net)
Date: October 12, 2020 06:01PM

A phot would be helpful. I'm not sure I understand.

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Re: Reel foot Hood
Posted by: Bruce Tomaselli (---.hsd1.pa.comcast.net)
Date: October 12, 2020 08:06PM

[mail.google.com]

Sorry, I forgot I can't post a pix with my question.



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Re: Reel foot Hood
Posted by: Herb Ladenheim (---)
Date: October 12, 2020 10:27PM

Bruce,

Two possibilities:
1. Whole reel seat broke loose from the arbor. What kind of arbor did you use?
What kind of epoxy did you use to glue the seat to the arbor?

2. The reel seat hood became unglued from the reel seat barrel?
What kind of a reel seat did you install? A one piece seat or - a skeleton seat and wood spacer.
What kind of epoxy did you use to glue the hood to the barrel or the wooden spacer?
Herb

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Re: Reel foot Hood
Posted by: Bruce Tomaselli (---.hsd1.pa.comcast.net)
Date: October 13, 2020 07:54AM

Herb Ladenheim Wrote:
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> Bruce,
>
> Two possibilities:
> 1. Whole reel seat broke loose from the arbor.
> What kind of arbor did you use?
> What kind of epoxy did you use to glue the seat to
> the arbor?
>
> 2. The reel seat hood became unglued from the reel
> seat barrel?
> What kind of a reel seat did you install? A one
> piece seat or - a skeleton seat and wood spacer.
> What kind of epoxy did you use to glue the hood to
> the barrel or the wooden spacer?
> Herb

I didn't build the rod and I've only seen a short video of the problem, myself. I will see it in person this afternoon. I can post better questions then. I jumped the gun.

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Re: Reel foot Hood
Posted by: Herb Ladenheim (---)
Date: October 13, 2020 11:34AM

Bruce
Send me the video if possible - hladen@hotmail.com
Herb

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Re: Reel foot Hood
Posted by: Bruce Tomaselli (---)
Date: October 13, 2020 04:57PM

Herb Ladenheim Wrote:
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> Bruce
> Send me the video if possible -
> hladen@hotmail.com
> Herb


Well I got to look at the rod a few hours ago. The reel seat is turning and the hood is moving with it so I guess I'll have to remove it and epoxy it again. The video is on the way.

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Re: Reel foot Hood
Posted by: Bruce Tomaselli (---)
Date: October 14, 2020 08:33AM

Thanks for all your help.

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