Picked up a like new Conolon casting rod. Has a metal knurled ring that you twist to secure the reel. When you twist the ring, a metal 'foot' extends or retracts. I have a like new vintage Shakespeare heavy duty spincast that I would like to put on this rod. The metal 'foot' will secure the reel foot enough that the reel will not fall off the rod but can still be shifted side to side a little bit. What am I over looking here? Seems like the rods reel seat should secure the reel a bit better.

The rod is a 2562T and the reel is a Shakespeare 1795. I also tried a Shakespeare 1928 level wind and the results were the same.

Thanks for that, haven't seen those before !


nunc

Excellent!

I have the same problem with True Temper reel seats when paired with vintage Shakspeare and Pfluger casting reels from the 1940's -1960's. A small piece of leather around the front of the foot has always cured the problem for me. I carry a scrap of appropriate leather in my tackle box. Once in the wilderness of northern Canada, I substituted a small piece of my T-shirt and it did the job.