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Originally Posted by ZGreenlee
Happy Thanksgiving!
I was hoping someone could tell me how to reinstall a reel seat that has come off of my dad's old fly rod. He still wants to use this old rod but can't without reattaching it. Is there a special sort of glue I should use.
Please keep it basic, I have never even tried to build a fly rod and know nothing about the repair. Thanks in advance!
Zach
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Looking at the butt section where the seat is mounted...is the blank visible or is there some sort of a filler to increase the blank diameter to fit the ID of the seat...I assume it's an aluminum seat? 1/ make sure the filler is epox/glued to the blank 2/ then glue the seat to the filler using epox with at least 30 minute set time 3/ before the glue sets wipe off the excess with either acetone or laquer thinner(I use a 50/50 mix of hardware store acetone and laquer thinner for my solvent and make that you recheck guide alignment with seat alignment after wiping off excess glue. I assume it's a fresh water down locking seat you will need to cover the seat threads with making tape so you do not get epox excess covering the threads as you push the seat on from the back...even with solvent it's hard to get wet epox off fine threads without upsetting seat alignment