Reel seats

[topbanana]

Is it just me or are abu 'grip lock' reel seats absolute shoite ? Both multis and F/S wobble around in them. Think it's back to the good old Fuji one from now on.

 

[Davey-m]

They are ok if ya never catch a fish haha. But if you try winching a good fish in the reel rocks from side to side. Alps, pacbay or Fuji are my favs.

 

[topbanana]

Aye your right davey, they're pants lol.

 

[Stewart 1971]

Don't like them myself, find them way too bulky and they lift the reel way above the blank making getting a decent grip when winding a cast up a bit difficult.

Once bought a second hand M4 Evo with one fitted; the lad I bought it off had also bulked out the butt with a load of electrical tape to make the damn thing fit snugly Why you'd want to do that to a blank that is as slim as the Evo (23mm) is beyond me - first thing I did was get a 24mm fuji, cut a groove for the coaster and made myself a nice low profile sliding reel seat for it

 

[mick dunn]

I wrapped some sticky tape around the butt and slid the reel seat down over it-tight as out now.
Mick.

 

[fishingmark]

I never had any problems with the griplocks moving once taped into position but I always found the trigger bit a real pain. I could never get my hand positioned right and had to splay my fingers around it. I use the AFAW one on all of my rods, they are the ones with the slot cut out of the thread and I've had no bother with them at all. I don't think there is an ideal sliding reel for heavy fishing as they all need a bit tape etc to keep them in place. We don't really buy them to be moveable anyway, it's only so we can fit them over the shrink tube.