Abstract: The present disclosure concerns a fishing rod handle which, when holding the fishing rod at a position forward of its normal holding position (e.g. between the reel and the tip of the fishing rod), allows the fishing rod to be held stably, thereby improving the ability to manipulate the fishing rod. The handle includes a reel leg mounting portion 18 which locates the legs 14A,14B of a reel 14 on a reel leg placement surface 18B and fixes the reel legs 14A,14B with front and rear hoods 12A,12B. The reel leg mounting portion further includes a reduced portion 18C diametrically opposite the reel leg placement surface 18B. An expanded portion 22 is located between the reduced portion 18C and a constricted portion 20C, and swells generally oppositely from the reel leg placement surface 18B. The extended portion 22 is contoured and sized so as to be readily and comfortably received in the palm of an angler's hand.

Abstract: Reel seats detachably securing a fishing reel A to fishing rods without injuring a leg B of the fishing reel A and a hood portion of the reel seats, a movable hood integrally made with the hood portion and a nut portion being engaged with an external thread on a reel seat body, and a fastening metal link which serves to fasten the leg B of the fishing reel A to the reel seat body being rotatably disposed with respect to and within the hood portion.

Abstract: A reel leg fixing device is made up of a tubular main body 3 provided with a first reel leg receive portion 2 and fittable loosely onto a rod 1, a support portion 4 disposed on one side portion of the tubular main body 3 and extended in the longitudinal direction of the rod 1, a partially cylindrical engaging receive portion 6' fitted loosely onto the rod 1, and a fastening tubular member 8' fitted loosely onto the rod 1, provided with a second reel leg receive portion 7 and fittable with the engaging receive portion 6'. The fastening tubular member 8' is designed to fasten the engaging receive portion 6' onto the rod 1 to adjust the fixing position of the reel leg and to fix the reel leg to the rod positively.

Abstract: A rod clamp for securing a reel to a rod comprises a clamp member for contacting a reel seat of the rod, a plurality of tightening members for tightening the clamp member to a reel foot of the reel, thereby to fix the reel to the reel seat of the rod sandwiched between the clamp member and reel foot, and a plurality of supporting projections formed of a material different from the clamp member and extending toward the reel seat for contacting the reel seat as does the clamp member. The projections are formed of an elastic material, thereby positively to prevent the reel and rod clamp from moving relative to rod surfaces.

Abstract: The instant device is made up of a semi-rigid, one piece belt clip with two sides worn on the belt of a fisherman, with touch fastener material permanently affixed to the one piece, two sided belt clip with two identical strips of hook tape stitched to the touch fastener material close to the bottom edge of the side of the belt clip furthest from the body of a fisherman wearing the device on the fisherman's belt and with a slit in each of the strips of hook tape which slits are amenable to receipt of the respective ends of a fishing reel.

Abstract: A reel seat body is provided at one end with an external thread and at the other end with a fixed hood that is to fix a reel leg and is open toward the external thread. An internally threaded tubular body threadedly fitted onto the external thread is provided with a slidable hood that is open toward the fixed hood. The body is provided between the external thread and the fixed hood with a step that abuts on an end of the internally threaded tubular body that defines the end of the slidable hood. Within the fixed hood, there are located a reel leg-engaging member that is slidably displaceable toward or away from the slidable hood and an elastic material for backing up the member.

Abstract: A handle for fishing rod extends on the tubular body 10 of the fishing rod, and includes a hand-held portion 16 corresponding to the exposed part 10P of the tubular body and having bridges extending off the exposed part along the side surfaces thereof. The handle is reduced in weight, it is easy for a fishing person to hold the handle by his hand, the hand holding the handle is less likely to slip thereon, and the person can feel the bite of a fish well.

Abstract: A fishing rod has a seat base including a fixed hood formed integral therewith for engaging a forward leg of a fishing reel, and a movable hood mounted in the seat base to be movable axially thereof for engaging a rearward leg of the fishing reel. The seat base defines an opening edge of a space for accommodating the movable hood. This opening edge is inclined, in side view, with respect to an axis of the fishing rod. A rotatable adjusting element is mounted on the seat base for adjusting position of the movable hood axially of the fishing rod. A slide contact element is disposed at an end of the rotatable adjusting element remote from the movable hood for limiting movement of the rotatable adjusting element axially of the fishing rod 2. A fishing rod as claimed in claim 1, wherein said seat base includes a rotatable adjusting element relatively rotatably mounted thereon for adjusting position of said movable hood axially of the fishing rod.

Abstract: A casting handle for a fishing rod includes a reel mount which has a reel leg placing section in the upper surface which is to place a reel leg in position to hold the reel, a lower surface curved in such a manner that it is lowered most at the middle in the direction of width and raised towards both side edges, and a sideward expanded portion which is formed by expanding horizontally the portion of the reel leg placing section which is substantially the rear half of the reel leg placing section. The rear end portions of the edge lines of the sideward expanded portion ar raised obliquely backwardly on one side of the reel mount which is opposite to the other side where a trigger is protruded. With the casting handle, the angler can hold the casting handle stable in the casting operation, and the fingers gripping the casting handle feel fitted on and comfortable with it during the palming operation.

Abstract: A fly rod and reel combination (10) is disclosed which includes an elongated arcuate reel positioning member (16). Fly rod (11) is provided with a hollow butt end (13) and a hollow cylindrical extension (19) having a set of male threads (20) on its outside surface. Fly reel (28) is attached to a second end (25) of an elongated arcuate reel positioning member (16) which has a positioner extension member (18) attached to a second end. Positioner extension member (18) is sized and shaped to be frictionally received by cylindrical extension (19). A stop flange (22) is radially attached around the first rod attachment end (17) of the elongated arcuate reel positioning member (16) between it and positioner extension member (18). Flange (22) prevents the rod attachment end of the elongated arcuate reel positioning member (16) from entering into the hollow cylindrical extension (19) when positioner extension member (16) is engaged therein.

Abstract: An improved fishing rod with a reel holding portion having a front hood and rear hood for engaging a pole mount of a reel. The fishing rod comprises a forming portion for the front hood and a forming portion for the rear hood. These forming portions have larger diameters than a rod material and are provided independently from each other. The fishing rod further comprises an entirely exposed intermediate portion defined at a middle portion between the forming portions and having a smaller diameter than both of the forming portions.

Abstract: A reel leg fixing apparatus for a fishing rod provided with two reel leg fixing sections between which the reel leg is inserted and fixed. One is fixed at the back side between the other is movably placed at the front side both of a reel leg mounting plane. The latter consists of two grasping sections over interior surface of which female screws are formed. These are screwed around individual male screws formed over the exterior surface of a reel leg mounting section of the fishing rod proper. At least one of the grasping sections is fixedly covered with a flexible member. Due to the double-nut effect, non-exposed screw composition and the flexible member, the reel leg can be fixed reliably and stably and the fishing rod can be grasped and held strongly or continuously for long time.

Abstract: A fishing rod includes a fixed hood formed on a rod body, a movable hood having an inner threaded portion engageable with a threaded portion of the rod body. The fixed hood and the movable hood together form a reel seat for supporting opposed ends of a foot of a reel. At an inner peripheral face of the movable hood where the one longitudinal end of the reel foot is engaged, there is formed a threaded guide groove having a pitch corresponding to a pitch of the inner threaded portion. And, a contact face is also defined in the inner peripheral face of the movable hood facing the fixed hood. The contact face comes into contact with a terminal edge of the reel foot in a direction substantially normal to an axis of the inner threaded portion.

Abstract: A fishing rod and reel assembly having an anchor for securing the assembly against loss. The anchor comprises an anchor body attached to the rod and reel and connecting structure detachably connected to the body. The body comprises a body portion extending between the reel and the rod, body portion movement limiting structure for engaging the rod and reel to prevent separation of the anchor body from the assembly, and end structure detachably connected to the conecting structure. The connecting structure comprises a tether having quick disconnecting spring-clip connectors at its ends.

Abstract: A handle apparatus for a fishing pole is depended thereto by a pivoture of limited range being inertially reactive in ordinary use. The reaction coordinatedly levers a triggerhorn feature against and back from an ordinary "spin-casting" type reel, eliminating nuisance control efforts otherwise required of the user's thumb and without creating any alternative nuisance tasks. An intermedial shoe comprises economical retro-fitting or mounting adaptation means toward previously existing poles which have more or less generic, rearend shanks, normally outfitted by but deposeable of common handlegrip articles. A similarly dimensioned shank termination of the new handle apparatus is for outfitting by any appropriate or deposed handlegrip.

Abstract: A fishing reel with a reel body, spool handle, and front and rear attaching portions mounted on the reel body and separated from each other by a distance in the longitudinal direction of the rod. The portions may be integral with or attached to the reel body. Further, the distance between the longitudinal axis of the fishing reel and each of the tops of the attaching portions, is longer in length than the distance between the longitudinal axis of the fishing reel and the periphery of a spool flange.

Abstract: A fishing rod is disclosed which comprises a handle securely fixed to one end of a fishing rod and provided with a fixed hood, a reel mounting portion and a cylindrical male screw in this order, an engagement grip threadedly engaged with the cylindrical male screw and movable therealong, a movable hood slidingly moved only in the axial direction of the handle and kept in contact with the engagement grip, and a cover cylinder attached onto the movable hood and surrounding an outer portion of the handle except for the reel mounting portion and the fixed hood.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved reel locking device wherein a first hood and second hood for locking the reel leg are positioned vis-a-vis a specified distance apart in the axial direction of the reel seat body and construction enables movement along the reel seat body of the first hood by rotation of a lock ring. The present invention is constructed such that the first hood has an extension extending to the far end of the second hood and rotation of the lock ring enables movement of the extension along the reel seat body. Therefore, in the present invention, when the lock ring which is positioned behind the rear hood of the reel seat body is rotated, the extension in the forward hood which extends to the far end of the rear hood is moved along the reel seat body, thereby moving the first hood.

Abstract: A fishing rod has a reel mounting member and grip members secured to an outer periphery of a rod stem member. One end of the grip member is extended to the portion opposite to the reel leg fixing portion in the vicinity of the reel mounting member, so that the stepped portions between the grip members and the reel mounting member are eliminated. As a result, the configuration thereof can be well adapted to the hand, and the ruggedness does not concentrate on the portion. Such a structure does not cause pains in the palm and fingers of the fisher when enjoying the fishing, and enables the fisher to grasp the fishing rod for a long period of time. Where the exfoliative stresses are applied on the bonding surfaces between the reel mounting member and the grip members when the rod stem member is bent, the joint portion is greater in length than in the prior art, and hence the stresses are dispersed at that portion. In addition, because the wider bonding area is provided, the separation does not occur easily.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a fishing reel foot fixing device for fixing a reel foot on a fishing rod. According to the present invention, a removable spacer is arranged between the moving hood and the handle of the reel foot mounting portion to fill a step-like gap produced between them. Therefore, any size of step-like gap produced between the moving hood and the handle when another reel having a shorter or longer reel foot is used can be eliminated only by replacing the spacer. Even if replacement of the reel leads to a change in the reel foot length, the spacer used so far can be replaced with another one of an appropriate size.

Abstract: In a fishing rod having a handle and a reel attached to the handle, the improvement comprising, a trigger-clamp having a body disposed on the handle on a side thereof opposite the reel and a finger grip extending outwardly in a direction away from the handle; and, a plurality of bolts inserted through the trigger body, one end of each of the bolts being engaged with the trigger body and the other end of each of the bolts being connected to a structural member of the reel. Preferably the other end of each of the bolts is threaded and there are plates for threadedly coupling the bolts to the reel. Also preferably, the structural member of the reel comprises a plurality of cross-bars connecting a pair of side members and the plates are disposed on the cross-bars on sides thereof opposite the trigger body.

Abstract: A fishing rod (10) is composed of a hollow, unitary handle (14) and blank (12). The rod blank (12) is substantially trapezoidal in cross section, composed of a top wall (40), a wider bottom wall (42) and sloped side walls (44) interconnecting the top and bottom walls. The widths of the top and bottom walls (40,42) are selected so that when a downward force is applied to the tip of the rod (10), the ability of the top wall (40) to carry the resulting tensile load is substantially equivalent to the ability of the bottom wall (42) to carry the resulting compressive load.

Abstract: A one-piece fishing rod handle is provided in which an integral handle portion is molded together with preformed rod handle components such as a reel seat is disclosed for use in through-rod-type construction wherein the rod blank extends axially through the entire length of the handle and foregrip. The individual preformed rod handle components are assembled onto either a mold core pin or fishing rod blank and properly registered in a mold cavity having the configuration of the finished rod handle. Molding resins such as polyurethane are then injected into the mold cavity and provide a handle portion which is bonded to the preformed reel seat. By the use of two differently dimensioned molds in conjunction with different density molding resins, dual composition one-piece fishing rod handles can also be molded.

Abstract: A fixture for a fishing reel is provided which includes a tubular fixture body having a screw thread, a fixing holder, a movable pusher movable toward or away from the fixing holder, and a threaded ring for operating the movable pusher. A plurality of locking grooves extending lengthwise of the fixture body are provided at the screw thread of the fixture body. These locking grooves are spaced at predetermined intervals circumferentially of the fixture body. An engaging projection engageable with one of the locking grooves to restrain the threaded ring from loosening is provided at the threaded ring such that it can be changed in position between engaged and disengaged positions with one of the locking grooves.

Abstract: An improved fishing rod of the through rod construction type is disclosed. The rod includes a handle grip, handle body and a transition collar interposed therebetween and a rod blank received therethrough. The transition collar provides a smooth transition from the handle body to the grip. Additionally, the transition collar provides a means of offsetting the grip relative to the rod blank.

Abstract: An improved spinning reel having a support fixed to the rear body for mounting on a fishing rod. The support allows the reel to be mounted on a rod in the same position as prior art reels are mounted, and without interfering with the gripping of the rod.

Abstract: A fishing rod comprising a hollow rod body and a grip coupling with the bottom rod at the rod body, the grip being provided with a short first grip portion and a long second grip portion, and with an insertion control positioned between the first and second grip portions and setting the insertion position into the rod body, so that the grip is turned over to be inserted into the rod body to be changed in length, thereby making the fishing rod adjustable of its entire length.

Abstract: This invention relates to a device for securing a fishing reel to a fishing rod. The rectangular foot of a fishing reel sits in flanges of sleeves positioned at either end of the rectangular foot. A threaded shaft passes through these sleeves and screws into a correspondingly threaded inside diameter of a fishing rod grip. A spacing tube is disposed between the sleeves to provide rigidity and enhance the appearance of the inventive system. The end of the threaded shaft opposite the threaded end is terminated by a knob. The knob urges the second sleeve towards the first sleeve as the threaded shaft is screwed into the fishing rod grip. The distance between the sleeves is decreased and the said rectangular foot is clamped between the sleeves. Thus the fishing reel is effectively clamped to the fishing rod.

Abstract: A grip for a golf club is readily replaceable without the use of tools to allow changing golf club grips without professional assistance and is reusable subsequent to replacement since it is not damaged on removal from the golf club shaft.

Abstract: A reel fixture is provided which includes a base cylinder, a fixed holder fixed to the base cylinder, a movable pusher movably supported to the base cylinder, and an annular ring. The base cylinder is formed of a material including a prepreg of carbon fiber impregnated with synthetic resin and a thin scrim sheet of high strength fiber impregnated with synthetic resin. The prepreg is lined at its rear surface with the scrim sheet. The material forming the base cylinder is cylindrically wound a plurality of times such that the carbon fiber is circumferentially oriented. The base cylinder is provided at the outer periphery of one of its axial ends with a screw thread screwable with a threaded ring.

Abstract: Reel seat structures for fishing rods are herein disclosed in two separate embodiments. In a first embodiment a fishing rod body is provided with a tubular insert on which the reel seat is formed and which is located in an elongate aperture in the rod body. The tubular insert is formed with a long keyhole-shaped opening in which a movable reel retaining hood slides under the control of a rotary knob located in a further opening in the insert body adjacent the keyhole-shaped opening. One end of the aperture in the rod body forms a stationary reel-retaining hood. In a second embodiment, the movable hood slides in a keyhole-shaped opening formed directly in the rod body and there is a separate stationary hood which fits in another opening in the rod body and which is wedged in place by a tubular insert body with a slot that embraces a neck portion of the stationary hood internally of the rod.

Abstract: The invention comprises an improved handgrip for attachment to either a winter or summer fishing rod that includes a handle with a pivotable knife blade and knife blade guard located in a handle that can be comfortable grasped by the user from a number of different orientations to permit the user to use the handgrip as either a handgrip for a fillet knife or as a handgrip for either a summertime fishing rod or a wintertime fishing rod.

Abstract: The handle for a fishing rod according to the present invention can improve the sense of fit of the fingers with respect to a reel-attaching portion when said portion is taken hold of. The handle comprises a reel-depositing surface of the reel-attaching portion expanded in both right and left directions to form a bulgy portion which makes the width of said surface larger than that of a reel-foot. In accordance with the reel-depositing surface, the finger-placing surface of the reel-attaching portion is formed to have a large circular surface area which fits well with the dispositions and the bending angle of the fingers. This configulation is very advantageous in giving an improved sense of fit of the fingers with respect to the finger-placing surface of the reel-attaching portion and also a comfortable and safe gripping performance.

Abstract: A fishing reel assembly designed for use either on a butt structure for securement directly to a fishing rod and including an elongated body having two holder elements mounted thereon for retaining engagement of a support plate of the fishing reel. One of the holder elements is slidably and rotatably movable along the length of the body and the other holder element is fixedly secured to a leading portion of the body and attached to the outer surface thereof in a manner which resists both rotational or longitudinal displacement through the provision of a positioning structure formed on the body.

Abstract: A fishing rod is provided which includes a rod body which has a tail end portion having a grip and a fishing reel fixture mounted thereon. A cylindrical bend-correcting member is provided at the outer periphery of the rod body in front of the reel fixture. The bend-correcting member is intergral with the rod body and forwardly shifts the position of the base of a bending portion of the rod body. The bend-correcting member is made such that it is easy to hold at its outer periphery by an angler.

Abstract: A spinning reel has at least one of a leg portion having a slender portion which is covered with a soft synthetic resin covering layer, a handle knob whose main body is covered with a knob cover made of soft material in a state wherein the knob main body is tightly engaged with the knob cover by engaging means and an antilever whose main body is made of hard material and which has an operating piece integrally covered with a cover member provided with slip preventing means.

Abstract: A fishing rod having a portion on which a leg portion of a fishing reel is mounted is composed of three layered structure integrally formed by a thermosetting manner and comprising a prepreg sheet or woven fabric layer prepared by impregnating thermosetting resin into high tension or strength fibers, a glass fiber reinforced sheet layer prepared by impregnating thermosetting resin into glass fibers, and a carbon fiber reinforced sheet layer whose fibers extend in a single orientation prepared by impregnating thermosetting resin into carbon fibers. The three layers constitute a thickened portion on which the reel is mounted. Screw threads are formed throughout the entire axial length of the thickened portion and two nut members are screw-engaged with the screw threads in an axially opposing manner to be axially movable.

Abstract: A balancing bracket with voids for fly casting tackle comprises a mount which is fixedly attached to a fly casting pole. A cantilever is integrally formed on the mount and extends therefrom in a direction which generally parallels the longitudinal axis of the pole. The cantilever is provided with means for selective fixed engagement with a fly casting reel at predetermined points along the cantilever.

Abstract: A reel mounting device on fishing rods comprises a first sleeve member having a first bore for passing the fishing rods, an annular recess for receiving a foot portion of the reel, and a first connecting portion, and a second sleeve member having a second bore for passing the fishing rods and a second connecting portion. The axes of the first and second bores are disposed eccentrically relative to the axes of the first and second connecting portions, respectively. The second connecting portion is adapted to rotatably and coaxially engage the first connecting portion.

Abstract: The invention provides a fishing rod with an improved handle that is more secure and easy to hold comprising an elongated ring-shaped handle having an oblong opening adapted to receive at least three fingers and a finger opening ahead of the hand opening. An elongated forwardly projecting rod supporting element extends forwardly from the finger opening and includes a means for fastening a fishing reel to the handle.

Abstract: A bait casting handle is shown having a portion adapted to be grasped by the middle ring and little fingers, enclosing into the palm which is canted at a fifteen degree angle to the line of the bait casting rod, and further, having, in line with the line of the first three fingers, an essentially enclosing finger hole adapted to receive the index finger, positioned so as to hold the same in a slightly open pistol grip position, the line of the first digit of the index finger being substantially parallel to the alignment of the rod.

Abstract: A one-piece fishing rod handle is provided in which an integral handle portion is molded together with preformed rod handle components such as a reel seat is disclosed for use in through-rod-type construction wherein the rod blank extends axially through the entire length of the handle and foregrip. The individual preformed rod handle components are assembled onto either a mold core pin or fishing rod blank and properly registered in a mold cavity having the configuration of the finished rod handle. Molding resins such as polyurethane are then injected into the mold cavity and provide a handle portion which is bonded to the preformed reel seat. By the use of two differently dimensioned molds in conjunction with different density molding resins, dual composition one-piece fishing rod handles can also be molded.

Abstract: A tubular reel seat includes a pair of reel-leg fixing sleeves having the contours of a virtually frusto-conical shape, and at least one of said sleeves is slidable over a tubular body. The axes of the contours of said both sleeves are located upwardly of those of the mounting openings for the tubular body on the larger-diameter sides, and are substantially in coincidence therewith on the smaller-diameter sides.

Abstract: A mounting structure for mounting on a fishing rod a fishing reel having a mounting leg. The mounting structure includes a reel seat including a seat body, a fixed holder integral with the seat body for receiving one end of the mounting leg, and a movable pusher receiving the other end of the mounting leg so that the fixed holder and movable pusher hold therebetween the mounting leg to be fixed on the seat body. The seat body is formed of a semicylindrical-shaped material. A pair of elastically deformable fitting parts elastically engaging the seat body with the fishing rod is provided integrally with the seat body. A prepreg formed of high strength fiber impregnated with synthetic resin is wound onto the fixed holder and fishing rod, thereby fixing the seat body to the fishing rod.

Abstract: A cylindrical reel seat for a fishing rod comprising a cylindrical body having a cavity which receives one end of a reel base; a slidable sleeve adapted to fasten another end of the reel base; a reel base mount formed at the top of the cylindrical body; and a soft member covering the surface of the cylindrical body except the reel base mount, the range of sliding of the slidable sleeve and the hood portion of the cavity. The cylindrical body is provided with flanges adapted to hold the end and edges of the soft member.

Abstract: A reel mount incorporated within the handle (10) of a fishing rod. The gripping portion (14) of the handle (10) has a smoothly contoured exterior gripping surface (14) and a hollow, interior cavity (20) into which the foot (15) of a reel (16) may be received. An aperture (23) penetrates the gripping surface (14), and the foot (15) may be button holed through the aperture (23) to be received within the cavity (20). A seating surface (45) is provided at the longitudinal extremities of the aperture (23), and a pressure plate (38) is translatable demountably to secure the foot (15) between the seating surface (45) and the pressure plate (38). A threaded shaft (36) is attached to the pressure plate (38), and an adjusting nut (35)--which threadably engages the shaft (36)--is rotatably received within a passageway (32) oriented transversely through the handle (10).

Abstract: A fishing pole and reel of generally conventional construction particularly adapted for ice fishing. The fishing pole is pivotally connected in an elevated position to a supporting stand and balanced relative to the stand to provide a visual indication of a fish strike. A reel mount associated with the handle of the fishing pole provides for lengthwise adjustment of the reel relative to the handle and relative to the pivot connection of the fishing pole to the supporting stand whereby the mass of the reel functions as an adjustable counterweight to whatever amount of weight the fisherman wishes to attach to the line for rapid descent of the line to a desired fishing level. This adjustment of the reel lengthwise of the handle provides for maintaining the balance without the use of any separate added weights or adjustable weights for this purpose.

Abstract: A fishing rod is provided with a flat reel seat formed on the upper side of a hollow tubular rod made of a reinforcing fiber impregnated with a thermosetting synthetic resin. A handle is securely fitted to a tubular extended portion integrally formed with the rear portion of said reel seat in such a manner that part of said tubular extended portion is exposed. Hoods for fixing the feet of a reel are mounted in front and rear of said reel seat so as to face each other.

Abstract: A butt structure of the type used in combination with fishing rods and substantially large fishing reels used for heavy duty deep sea sport fishing and the like which is specifically designed and adapted for both removable and adjustable connection and support of a reel seat tube. The reel seat tube is structured for removable support of a fishing reel and secure fixed engagement to a fishing rod such that when the entire assembly is stored, the fishing reel remains secured to the fishing rod thereby allowing for the rigging attached to both the reel and the rod to remain in place while the butt structure may be removed or specifically positioned in an out-of-the-way orientation.

Abstract: A cylindrical type reel seat for fishing rods including a finger grip on the lower surface of a body portion thereof, wherein:a finger recess is formed adjacent to said finger grip, and said reel seat body portion includes a rod-passing bore of a reduced or small diameter only at the portion adjacent to said finger recess, said smaller diameter portion being designed to be fitted over said fishing rods.