fighting butt

[Martin McFly]

Not that I NEED it but I was wondering where to look for a fighting butt for my 5wt rod. I plan to use it to fish the surf.
Thanks

[Normand]

Not that I NEED it but I was wondering where to look for a fighting butt for my 5wt rod. I plan to use it to fish the surf.
Thanks

look in a reel seat catalog

[dudley]

I've made them from a piece of rod blank and a fancy bottle cork

[MontanaMoose]

Hello Martin McFly, you should be able to find a fighting butt where you bought your reel seat. Also, Struble has them and is a sponsor here.

Cheers,

MontanaMoose

[Martin McFly]

I have been checking around and I liked the ones that you screw to your rod but can you remove the cap at the bottom of the rod and insert (do I have to glue it) the female section?

[MontanaMoose]

I think so MM, but i'd like to see a pic of the end of the reelseat to be sure. If (usually is) it's a piece that is glued into the back of the seat that doesn't have a reelfoot slot, you're ok and you can remove the plug, measure for a fighting butt that is either o-ringed so you can take it off if you want to or one that you epoxy in. Hope this helps !

Edit: Be aware that when you remove the plug if that's what the seat has, that you may likely encounter the very butt end of the rod blank. If so, additional work would be required to install a fighting butt.

Cheers,

MontanaMoose

[Max]

Cabelas has slip on and off Butt Caps that will fit on your 5 WT without any change to the rod. http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/te...set=ISO-8859-1

You will need to measure the Outside diameter of your rods reel holding screw ring to determine what is the right Inside diameter butt cap for it to fit nicely.