New to FAOL… don’t know why it took me so long to find this site, but I look forward to interacting with others who share my passion for fly fishing! I fish Cape Cod April - November…
I started saltwater fly fishing around 6 yrs ago and now prefer it to all other fishing methods… My rod “quiver” has 5-10 wt rods in it and I really prefer to fish a rod that has a fighting butt. My 5 & 6 wt rods (St Croix Legend 2pc & a cheapy Bass Pro White River 2pc) do not have fighting butts on them… wondering if there’s a way to install fighting butts on these rods??
I see the threaded insert is out of stock, but they usually restock promply. It will not be a hard job, just take your time and go slow. If you have any questions along the way, just post them here and we will try and help all that we can.
There is actually a much easier/better way to install a fighting butt on a rod. The problem with the threaded inserted butt is that the insert only fits a very select few reel seats made by Pac Bay which most likely neither of your SC or BPS rods use. So the best way to do it is as follows…
2- Remove the end cap from your current reel seat (some light heat will loosen the epoxy and then pry it off.
3- Take a short section from a broken rod and trim it so that it fits up inside your rods blank (insert about 3" of it into your blank where you removed the cap from). Make sure it fits snug and then take it out, cover it with epoxy, and reinsert…let dry.
4- Trim the section of blank you just epoxied in so that it is the same size as the fighting butt you bought.
5- Ream the ID of the butt to fit the section that is now sticking out of the rear of your rod, then epoxy it onto it.
