Page 4 of Fly Fishing Equipment Master Catalog Volume 6 by Golden Witch Technologies, Inc

distinctive reel seats by golden witch reel problems real solutions have you ever been fly fishing over a rough tumble cascade casting drifting and retrieving your fly landing the occasional fast river fish then casting again did your reel wiggle loose did you have the irksome worry that it might fall off the rod into the foaming torrent every angler has lost a reel thankfully they re tethered by the line the backing and a good pair of knots still you know about the flash in your guts as your reel drops and unspools itself downstream knocking rocks denting and dinging as it goes perhaps you accept the gnawing dread and the inevitable consequence as part of the angling experience perhaps you fight back by eschewing cap ring reel seats in favor of heavier bulkier looking screw-locking hardware whatever you did it wasn t as satisfying as finding a real solution to your reel retention problem while keeping the traditional cap ring aesthetic that you love we have the solution just like a fine port to develop an inimitable patina that speaks to each passing generation about days spent astream we went to great lengths to discover the feeds and speeds on the lathe that would deliver us from the evil of tool marks and impart a clean finish that has an unmistakable luster yet no glaring reflectivity if you prefer a mirror finish you can achieve a perfect polish in moments on a buffing wheel there are no tool marks to polish out just a smooth surface to raise from a conservative matte finish best for fishing to an angler-impressing gleam that will suit the needs of any of you who attend fly shows to sell your wares superior hardware why is our hardware superior because the internal profile of both the cap and the ring is tapered the two parts are engineered to capture the reel foot and hang on with a tenacity that no other design can each seat has some defining characteristic that will alert you the rodmaker to the proper orientation of the ring so that it will ramp up onto the foot of the reel our hardware is machined from solid nickel silver bar stock the metal used on all nineteenth century and early twentieth century fly rods that featured top shelf hardware this is the metal that ages and improves with the ages in lancaster county pa from 12 nickel silver id s for wood inserts .312 and .350 if no bore size is indicated with the order we will ship the 0.312 zircote bacote figured walnut ebony and zebra available in .312 bore only if no polish is indicated we will ship the natural polish these are nominal tolerances please expect a variation of a few thousandths in bore diameter if the bore is too small take material from your blank if at all possible avoid re-boring your spacers and under no circumstances should you attempt to re-bore with a power tool use a file all reel seats are custom machined light weight hardware each species of wood used for the inserts of our reel seats and those of every other manufacturer has a different weight that varies from exceptionally light to moderately heavy so we ll ignore those variables in our calculations what we can t ignore nor should you is the weight savings that our hardware offers it ranges from a noticeable difference on an accurate scale to one that is readily apparent in the hand the gwcr-2120 style hardware set cork check slide band and butt cap weighs only 0.360 ounces 10.3 grams other popular cap and ring hardware sets range from 0.385 ounces 10.9 grams to as high as 0.540 ounces 15.1 grams in other words commonly available hardware sets range up to 1.5 times heavier than ours use our reel seats to reduce unnecessary weight and improve the casting comfort of your rods a la carte pricing pick and choose components from each reel seat design we have to customize your rod any gw cap ring design the possibilities are simply outrageous we have the ability to add touches of gold to various hardware pieces email us with inquiries about these and other gold-plated components the possibilities are limitless let us know how we can help you create a unique piece of rod art spacer wood staspacer wood band model corkcheck model cap model wood spacers stabilized wood spacers slide bands cork checks butt caps $13.95 $21.95 $16.95 $9.95 $18.95 examples spacer 10 is a purple heart spacer staspacer s8 is a stabilized redwood burl spacer band fl1-ns is a payne-inspired slide band corkcheck fl4-ns is a boyd-inspired cork check capp fl6-ns is a leonard narrow band butt cap www.goldenwitch.com fax 717-738-4957

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