Cork and ring reeel seat

Re: Cork and ring reeel seat

feeds@yuku.com (tiptop) — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 05:09:59 GMT

I love the cork reel seat too and haven't had to use a shim under the reel foot to make my reels fit. However, I have a couple rods and a couple reels with very thin feet that do require a shim. What I use is a half inch x 2.5"piece of plastic coffee can lid which I cut out with scissors. Seems to be just the right thickness and soft enough not to mar the reel seat.

Re: Cork and ring reeel seat

feeds@yuku.com (RonT1) — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:14:37 GMT

in the interim....a piece of craft foam, like used to make foam beetles, between the reel foot and seat ,or a couple fawcet washers, one on each end, should solve the wobble problem.
cheers,
r

Re: Cork and ring reeel seat

feeds@yuku.com (cyangler) — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:29:29 GMT

I have actually had more issues with contemporary makers replications re., finely etched seats, than with the old masters. Perhaps the older seats were designed keeping in mind that there was no "standard" foot so, the seats were built with wiggle room, or a certain degree of "slop," in shop parlance. In any case, whether a new classic to be or an established classic, it is terribly dissatisfying to have to shim or tape a reel to a high precision tool...

Re: Cork and ring reeel seat

feeds@yuku.com (jbenenson) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:54:46 GMT

It might, but there's no guaranty. If the reel fits the regular uplocking reel seat correctly initially then comes loose, the locking ring on the reel seat is working its way loose. You should make sure that it's tight but don't overdo it or you can pull the reel seat apart. You can always tape the reel foot to the seat after it has been mounted for extra security. Golden Witch sells sliding reel seats that have a beveled ring that gives more gripping surface than conventional...

Re: Cork and ring reeel seat

feeds@yuku.com (Cane Head) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:57:54 GMT

Count me in as a sucker for a cork and ring seat. I love Orvis' rendition with the thin knurled split rings like those on the Deluxe/Superfine series and some of their short specialty rods. As long as the cork is in good condition, they hold the reel foot extremely well and I've never experienced a loose reel from a seat designed this way.

Cane

Re: Cork and ring reeel seat

feeds@yuku.com (kermit) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:46:20 GMT

I had this issue with several of my reels a few years ago. Seems that my older reels would not fit my new rods reel seats. Most were two thin alowing the reel seat foot to extend to far out, and, be loose. I contacted the maker of my reel's (Ross, Lamson, Tioga, Galvan, etc.). The report I got back of what happened, is that several years ago, the industry got together to changed or set standard specifications for the reel seat foot, to make them all compatabatable, or the same. I gave...

Re: Cork and ring reeel seat

feeds@yuku.com (nativebrownie) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:22:20 GMT

Can't explain it - but I am a sucker for a cork and ring reel seat - especially if blued and finely fashioned....

NB

Re: Cork and ring reeel seat

feeds@yuku.com (quashnet) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:13:06 GMT

I prefer an all-cork reel seat, whether fitted with dual rings (above) or cap and slip ring (below), because I think that the cork compresses very slightly into the reel foot, under the ring, and so the foot is held more securely than against a hardwood seat spacer.

Cork and ring reeel seat

feeds@yuku.com (2dogkayak) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:42:20 GMT

Some of my reels fit my rods with wood reel seats inserts perfectly, but some brands of reels have a slightly different profile in the reel foot and get wobbly or even fall of in a battle. Will a cork and ring reel seat solve that problem?

Bill