Shrink Wrap/Reel Seats

[The Great Wallsendo]

How easy is it to:

• Remove Shrink Wrap from a rod?
  
• Put on new Shrink Wrap? what is needed IE heat source

Also, what are peoples preferences to reel seats?

• Coasters?
  
• Fuji Reel Seat?

Cheers

[CHUKKA]

Leave coasters for field casting or using 6500 size reels. They are troublesome for fishing and your reel can come loose usually when winding in a fish! Fuji's are good as are Abu griplocks. You can fix them by jamming tape underneath and taping each end. That way you can remove them later. If they get stuck just loosen them with some boiling water.

Removing shrinktube is a piece of cake just score it with a sharp blade and peel it off like a banana skin. Just be careful not to cut the blank.

Putting tube on again is easy too. Usually boiling water will do the job but for a tight finish you will need a heat gun. A hairdryer is a waste of time. Don't forget to leave about an inch spare either end, you can always trim this later or leave it to keep water/sand from getting into the butt end.

Not too keen on the new x wrap as its a bit thicker and on some rods you can't put the original sliding reel seat back over. You may need a bigger reelseat.

[alan]

Tony I use a Abu Griplock and a Penn sliding lock,both as good as each other but i prefer the Abu

[mickcave83]

also the abu griplock for me, i also have a talon2 real seat it grips like a vice but very awkward to tighten on them cold winter nights.

[The Great Wallsendo]

cheers for advice....

I'm going to have a play with the Rod tonight with the reel in it's current position...but I reckon I'll get new shrink wrap and a new seat next week