Vintage Rod Components
(vintagerods.com)
MISCELLANEOUS COMPONENS
Wire guides, reel seats, butt caps, thread, winding checks, butt wind


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Sizes: 45, 25, 12, 10, 9, 7 mm.

WIRE GUIDES, 6 guide set

Stainless steel non-fouling wire guides preferred by many head boat captains for rental tackle. If it gets stepped on --- no problem; just bend it straight and keep on fishing. High stand-off minimizes line slap for greater casting distance. Easy maintenance, practical, inexpensive.

Code: WG6        Fantastic Price: $ 5 per set of 6 guides.
Ten sets for $ 39.95

Vintage REEL SEATS

Genuine VARMAC RSA-1 anodized aluminum reel seat in attractive burgundy.
Length: 4 1/2 inches I.D.: 13/16 inches Weight: 1.0 ounces

Genuine VARMAC RSAS-1 anodized aluminum skeletal reels seat with cork insert in burgundy or dark blue.
Length: 4 3/4 inches I.D.: 13/16 inches Weight: 0.8 ounces

Genuine CONOLON CRS-1 chrome-brass reel seat, custom made for Garcia by Runge .
Length: 4 1/2 inches I.D.: 3/4 inches Weight: 2.5 ounces

Your choice        Super Price: $ 4.95 each


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BUTT CAPS, 100 piece assortment

Add a professional finishing touch to butt grips with these plastic butt caps. Your choice. Choose the butt caps you want from the table --- a total of 100 pieces.

Code: BC120            Price: $ 21.95

Less than 22 cents each


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THREAD

Size B nylon rod winding thread. Approximate 4 ounce spools. (Most spool are above 4 ounces but the range is 3.3 to 5.1 ounces. Actual weight is listed on spool.) Color shown is black and silver. Available also in gold, navy and silver. Click here.

Code:
THREAD-BS (black-silver)
THREAD-G (gold)
THREAD-S (silver)
THREAD-B (blue)

Price: $ 12

BUTT WIND

FLATBRAID NYLON used as decorative trim on blank above rod handle. An assortment of 7 colors, 10 yards of each in blue, burgundy, copper, red & black, yellow& black, white& black, brown&white, shown at left.

The spools from which the butt wind is taken shown at right.

Code: BW 1

Price: $ 15

WINDING CHECKS

Assorted sizes, minimum of 100. (We weigh these out. You will actually get quite a few more). Black aluminum.

WINDING CHECK SIZES
Outside diameter: none less than 3/4 inch, most are 3/4 inch OD with some up to 1 1/16 OD.
Inside diameter: Of the 3/4 inch OD checks, most are 1/2 inch ID with some in the range 1/4 inch to 1/2 inch. On the larger checks, the largest ID is 7/8 inch.

Code: WC1

Price: $ 19.95

Less than 20 cents each


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CORK ROD BUTT KIT

Kit consists of an 11 inch cork grip, a 13 1/2 inch thick walled hollow fiberglass core and a butt cap. Generally used to extend the length of a rod by adding it to a blank by splicing under a chrome-brass reel seat. Fiberglass core 0.620" O.D., 0.320" I.D.

Code: CBUTT1

Price: $ 9