REEL SEATS

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- November 17, 2017 at 11:35 am #3366
  
  Tim McCoy
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  Can someone explain to me, Up loading reel seat vs. a down loading reel seat.
  
  Thanks
  
  Tim
- November 18, 2017 at 12:11 pm #3387
  Sensei
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  Grasshopper:
  
  It has to do with the style of the reel seat itself in which way you lock your reel to the seat. Simply
  Uplocking simply means that the locking nut turns “towards the grip” to lock in the reel. Downlocking means that the locking nut turns “towards the butt” to lock in the reel.
  - This reply was modified 7 years ago by Sensei.
- November 22, 2017 at 1:25 pm #3435
  
  Tim McCoy
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  Thanks Sensei. Did you cover this in my class years ago? Is there an advantage to which type of reel seat your rod has?
- November 22, 2017 at 5:09 pm #3443
  
  Sensei
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  Grasshopper,
  
  Unfortunately, when you select your rod after casting it and know that it IS the rod for you, whatever reel seat design is on the rod, that’s what you get. So, something I wouldn’t worry about.
  
  Good rod designers will put the proper reel seat on their rod, whether an uploading or downloading reel seat, that makes the reel “in balance” with the rod.
- December 1, 2017 at 6:03 pm #3565
  
  dbeerbower
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  Kenny is right. The rod maker decides what is best for the rod balance. An up-locking reel seat moves the reel slightly towards the grip and down-locking moves the reel towards the butt. Quite honestly, not many fishermen will be able to tell the subtle differences based on either style of hardware.
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