Steeldrifter 0 Report post Posted June 5, 2012 Just finished this little 1wt for a customer. Blank is a 7'6" 4pc 1wt. Reel seat insert is tiger maple, hardware is nickle silver BUL5, stripper is a Hopkins & Holloway, snake guides, wraps are Garnet (no CP) with single turn metallic silver. grip is all exotic corks turned undersize a bit for the owners hand size. Tube and sock are both Landmark pieces. Steve Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lykos33 0 Report post Posted June 5, 2012 Steve I have a question. All the rods I see have the reel seats that tighten upward leaving a "butt" below the reel, does anyone, including your self, make the old fashioned looking ones that tighten downward on the rod? I had one years ago before I actually started fly fishing but it is long gone. I seem to have a problem with my excess line wrapping around the butt and irritating the [email protected]#%[email protected]#% out of me....quite often actually... Murray Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steeldrifter 0 Report post Posted June 5, 2012 Murry what your talking about is Uplocking/Downlocking reel seats. I'm actually on my way out the door to ship this rod at the moment but when I get back I'll explain a bit more about what you asked. steve Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steeldrifter 0 Report post Posted June 5, 2012 Okay I'm back. Murry use to Downlocking reel seats were the norm in the older day. mainly because it moves the rel back about 1"-1.5" towards the rear of the rod as compared to an uplocking reel seat reel position. The reason they use to do this is because older rods were mostly fiberglass and bamboo so they carried more "tip weight" than the new light graphite counterparts of today. Now with the lighter blanks there is no need to move the balance point to the rear of the rod so uplocking seats are more common place today. But as with anything in custom work, you can still use an uplocking seat and just make the wood insert a bit shorter so that it doesn't have so much of the rear portion exposed if that's what someone wants. Hope that explains it for ya. Steve Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lykos33 0 Report post Posted June 5, 2012 Yes sir, that does explain it very well.Thank you. I guess with my level of expertise in casting...I have no need to worry about being "balanced"... I'll still cast horribly! Murray (and you are still the one I WILL have build my first custom Steve) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Woodinfliezz 0 Report post Posted June 5, 2012 you put out some amazing rods man maybe one day i can con my wife into lettin me get you to make one any way to my question what is a 1WT used for?? brookies? or what? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steeldrifter 0 Report post Posted June 6, 2012 you put out some amazing rods man maybe one day i can con my wife into lettin me get you to make one any way to my question what is a 1WT used for?? brookies? or what? Brookies, small trout, gills ...anything small really. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cmb18895 0 Report post Posted June 6, 2012 nice job glad to see the 1wt rod talked to you this week about same rod Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
