hey guys,
i’m looking for a nice, classic-looking silver, or possibly black, DL all-aluminum reel seat for my 8’ 4wt diamondglass blank. any input/ideas as to where i might find one? thanks a lot!
-mike
edit: i forgot to mention that the butt diameter is 7/16" at the base. thanks!
Hey Mike,
I’ve always liked this one;
http://www.reelseats.com/catalog/product_info.php/products_id/54?ecSid=637210e65266a8bf1045e93dceb0dde2
hey Joe,
that does look nice, but i really want an all-aluminum seat for this one. thanks for the link.
-mike
Lotech Joe sent you to the right place.
I mined a tad and found these.
If none of those will do, well… you are just too hard to please. :roll:
Hey Joe, those are great! I added them to my bookmarks for future rod building.
(Have I mentioned I have a passel of Grand Kids? :lol: )
Thanks! 
They are a great bunch to deal with, too!! Do keep in mind, though, the butt section on a glass rod is quite a bit larger than your standard graphite butt section. REC does have a number of reel seats that have a larger opening milled in them.
Yeah, I noticed they have a decimal figure for the Diameter for the rod butt.
So a micrometer, or a vernier caliper would be a good thing to have to check before ordering. (Unless you already know the diameter.)
Now, I need to get off my own “butt section” and get back to work out in the wood shop.
That particular reel seat has an option of being bored to .438, which by the way just happens to fit a 7 1/2’, 3 piece, 4 weight Lamiglas honey colored blank perfectly.
thanks a lot for your input so far. those are fine sets, but i’m really looking more for the older anodized all-aluminum reel seats from a while back. maybe 50s through the 70s. i hope to find one that’s silver, black, black and silver, or maybe even green. i’ve seen a few neat ones that are gold and bronze, but for this black blank, i’m not going with gold. again, much appreciated.
-mike
Is this what you are looking for?? If so send me a PM I have quite a few of them
