Taping your reel seats... Updated
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Taping your reel seats... Updated
***UPDATE: Its been a year since I wrapped my reels. I took the tape off one to check for corrosion and it was still in perfect condition. I think the rescue tape must do a very good job sealing out the water and salt.***
I've been looking for something to add some grip to the plastic reel seats on my spinning rods.
It's always seemed funny that the part you hold the most often is rough threaded plastic
Tried out some Silicone Rescue Tape. Went on easy! Provides a good grip and smoothed out the rough spots.
Its just silicone, no adhesive, and sticks to itself.
If I took a little more time I could have made it prettier
It comes in a bunch of colors: Bonus: It makes it easy to tell your rods from your buddies. If you fish with me you may not buy blue.
$10 gets you 12 feet of the 1 inch wide tape. I did four rods and still have lots left over.
You can find it here:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00AZO ... gbenfis-20
I've been looking for something to add some grip to the plastic reel seats on my spinning rods.
It's always seemed funny that the part you hold the most often is rough threaded plastic
Tried out some Silicone Rescue Tape. Went on easy! Provides a good grip and smoothed out the rough spots.
Its just silicone, no adhesive, and sticks to itself.
If I took a little more time I could have made it prettier
It comes in a bunch of colors: Bonus: It makes it easy to tell your rods from your buddies. If you fish with me you may not buy blue.
$10 gets you 12 feet of the 1 inch wide tape. I did four rods and still have lots left over.
You can find it here:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00AZO ... gbenfis-20
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Re: Taping your reel seats...
Plus, if lightning strikes your rod, You are insulated...
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Re: Taping your reel seats...
Can we get a volunteer to test the lightning protection theory?
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Re: Taping your reel seats...
We did this to some of our major offshore reels back in Mississippi and old school baitcasters in irl. Works great.
Re: Taping your reel seats...
Did that many years ago with offshore rigs and then suffered a major failure due to hidden corrosion and quit doing it.
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Re: Taping your reel seats...
Y'all must've left the tape on there for a while lol
Re: Taping your reel seats...
At $10 for 12 feet I can take it off in a year to wash and replace it.
Also the silicone tape is waterproof so it should not let the salt build up inside like a porous tape would...
Also the silicone tape is waterproof so it should not let the salt build up inside like a porous tape would...
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Re: Taping your reel seats...
If it sticks to itself, is it reusable? Make sure you get a good rinse after fishing and if possible, unwrap, rinse, and rewrap. Salt will eat up a reel seat quick.
Great idea!!
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Re: Taping your reel seats...
That'd be the issue with this.MudDucker wrote:Did that many years ago with offshore rigs and then suffered a major failure due to hidden corrosion and quit doing it.
In the words of the great Doc Holliday, "I'll be your huckleberry"
Re: Taping your reel seats...
What about a good coat of Corrosion-X or similar product under the silicon tape? That would help a lot, I bet. Since the tape sticks to itself, and not the rod, I wonder if this is a reasonable solution to the "trapped saltwater" dilemma.
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Re: Taping your reel seats...
Maybe I'm odd... But I hold all my spinning rods at the fore grip. You can't feel anything with your hand that far back.
This is my most recent rod I built...I intentionally leave a gap so my index finger extends down the blank. Note no fore grip on this rod....I can feel fish thinking about hitting it lol
This is my most recent rod I built...I intentionally leave a gap so my index finger extends down the blank. Note no fore grip on this rod....I can feel fish thinking about hitting it lol
Re: Taping your reel seats...
with Chalk on this one, i don't think i own a rod with a fore grip, but I'm sure that tape does make it more comfortable for rods with them
Re: Taping your reel seats...
If some folks still worked with their hands a little bit they wouldn't have a problem fishing a few hours with a nice light weight rod and reel. Come on out to the trailer lot for a week to cut and move steel all day and I promise that reel will feel like butter in your hands.
Re: Taping your reel seats...
reelbad wrote:If some folks still worked with their hands a little bit they wouldn't have a problem fishing a few hours with a nice light weight rod and reel. Come on out to the trailer lot for a week to cut and move steel all day and I promise that reel will feel like butter in your hands.
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Re: Taping your reel seats...
i've had the same idea and issue with the handle threads being uncomfortable. a few years back a rod that i had started to come apart right at the reel seat. i first taped it up with some eletrical tape and it fixed my problem. after some more thought i went and bought some stuff that you would use as grip tape for a tennis racket handle. this stuff worked great, it had a bit more cushion to it and a lot cooler feel too. after about a good year in a half it got stepped on and broke right in the middle. when i unwrapped the reel from the rod there was a little bit of grime underneath eveything but no corrosion.