Below is a sampling of reel seat inserts and fighting butts turned in some of our favorite woods and acrylics. Other materials / custom orders can be turned at your request - please inquire. Please also see the Reel Seat Skeletons page for our standard options in hardware. Reel Seat Installation Instructions: Your wood reel seat insert should be glued to the hardware before reaming it out to fit your rod blank. I find that 5-minute epoxy works best for me. Carefully ream the bore using a rattail file and/or a drill. I find that using a reversible drill and turning the drill bit backwards, works well to get the hole close to the desired diameter. I recommend installing the reel seat in the up-locking position. Please also note that the images below are representative of the material's general characteristics only; no two reel seat inserts will ever be identical. Each reel seat insert is a one-of-a-kind work of art. Click on a thumbnail to view an enlargement. |
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Wooden Inserts |
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GROUP A |
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Afzelia Burl | Afzelia Lay | Alaskan Birch | Australian Snake | |
Beefwood | Big Leaf Maple Burl | Birdseye Maple | Birdseye Bocote | |
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GROUP B |
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Black Cherry Burl | Bubinga | Buckeye Burl | Camphoorwood | |
Catalpa | Cedar | Chechun | Cocobolo | |
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GROUP C |
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Coolibah | Corruguta | Cottonwood | Curly Jarrah | |
Curly Maple | Curly Tasmanian Eucalyptus | Ebony | Ironwood | |
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GROUP D |
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Jarrah Burl | Kingwood | Koa | Lace Sheoak | |
Lacewood | Leopardwood | Locust Lace | Manitoba Maple | |
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GROUP E |
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Maple Burl | Mesquite | Mexican Rosewood | Myrtle | |
Olive | Osage Orange | Pacific Yew Burl | Redwood | |
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GROUP F |
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Sassafras | Sausage Quilt Maple | Sheoak | Teak Burl | |
Thuya | Tulipwood | Walnut | Wyoming Cedar | |
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GROUP G |
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Yew | York Gum | |||
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GROUP H |
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Amboyna | Rosewood Burl | Sapele | ||
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GROUP I |
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Stabilized Green Maple | Stableized Teal Maple | |||
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GROUP J |
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Surinam Snakewood | ||||
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Acrylic Inserts |
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GROUP K |
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Black & Gold | Black Neon | Blue Flake | Blue Sea Spray | |
Blue & Purple | Cappucino | Cappucino Flake | Evergreen | |
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GROUP L |
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Green Flake | Lava Flow | Midnight | Milky Way | |
Mint | Peach | Purple | Red & Blue Pearl | |
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GROUP M |
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Red & White | Red Flake | Sooo Blue | Tiger's Eye | |
Watermelon | White | |||
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GROUP N |
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Black Pearl | Blue Hawaii | |||
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