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Title: loose reel seat!!
Post by: adambrain on 04/11/2009 at 12:57

Hi sorry dont know if i should put this on rod building or not but........ my reel creeps round when im fishing and can move very easily just wondered if any of you guys know a solution to this or if i have to send it to the manufactures, or if any of you very kind rod builders want to earn a few quid :z4.

Its a sharpes  9'6"   7 weight.

Thanks in advance adam.

Title: Re: loose reel seat!!
Post by: Irvine Ross on 04/11/2009 at 19:13

Adam

If the reel seat is that loose try to see if you can slide it off the butt end of the blank. If you can then just glue it back on with plenty epoxy resin such as Araldite. Give it a day for the glue to set and you are back in business. :z16

Cheers
Irvine

Title: Re: loose reel seat!!
Post by: Rob Brownfield on 04/11/2009 at 23:26

Or send it back to Sharpes and complain :)

What sort of fitting is it? Does it have a fighting butt or is it straight on the end of the blank?

Once we know that we can advise a bit better :)

Title: Re: loose reel seat!!
Post by: adambrain on 05/11/2009 at 08:32

cheers hares lug, i'll give that a go.

Rob, it has a fighting butt.

thanks for your input.