Handle Design?

Joe and I were in Oklahoma this weekend for a fishing expo, and while we
were there I walked around to see what I couldn't live without. I did find a
couple of large spools of fishing line (4700yds, and 6000yds) for $15.00 per
spool, and managed to come home from this one without a new rod or reel.
But...

There was a guy there from Texas that had semi-custom G. Loomis rods for
what seemed to be a good price for a Loomis. He had a new handle design that
I've never seen before and it actually felt pretty nice with a reel
attached. I've posted a drawing on a.b.f.p. of what it looked like and kind
of described it there.

It's actually pretty simple... the middle section of a Fuji reel seat was
cut out, and the two ends were attached to the rod using some kind of rubber
bushing to secure them in place. I was wondering how long this would last
before one piece or the other started to twist, or become weak while fishing
and the reel pop off, especially while fighting a fish.

May one of the many rod builders here can have a look and see if they can
come up with a better design or a way to make it work without having to
worry about losing a reel.

Just thought I'd share this... maybe later I'll tell you about the rod that
had a toy gun attached to shoot your bait out instead of casting. LOL


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Charles B. Summers
Secret Weapon Lures
http://www.secretweaponlures.com