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General Maintenance Tips => General Questions and Trouble Shooting => Topic started by: JRD on October 22, 2017, 07:37:09 PM

Title: Is there a big butt Solution? Rod butt
Post by: JRD on October 22, 2017, 07:37:09 PM
I'm working with a Calstar classic 270-8 with deck hand butt.  The cork tape is covered by a single layer of X wrap.  My Tiburon framed 112h will not fit unless I bend the clamp studs.  My smaller tib framed reels fit fine since they have the mounting blocks on the frame that can be set narrow or wide.  

I seem to remember seeing somewhere that clamp studs were made with an offset, similar to a dog leg.  Anybody address this issue?
Title: Re: Is there a big butt Solution? Rod butt
Post by: ez2cdave on October 23, 2017, 07:46:43 PM
Quote from: JRD on October 22, 2017, 07:37:09 PM
I'm working with a Calstar classic 270-8 with deck hand butt.  The cork tape is covered by a single layer of X wrap.  My Tiburon framed 112h will not fit unless I bend the clamp studs.  My smaller tib framed reels fit fine since they have the mounting blocks on the frame that can be set narrow or wide.  

I seem to remember seeing somewhere that clamp studs were made with an offset, similar to a dog leg.  Anybody address this issue?

Question . . . Have you seen the "Cork Puppy" ?

https://www.charkbait.com/cs/csr_Reel-Clamps.htm (https://www.charkbait.com/cs/csr_Reel-Clamps.htm)

https://www.bdoutdoors.com/forums/threads/correct-cork-puppy.654620/ (https://www.bdoutdoors.com/forums/threads/correct-cork-puppy.654620/)

http://alantani.com/index.php?topic=13049.0 (http://alantani.com/index.php?topic=13049.0)

Tight Lines !
Title: Re: Is there a big butt Solution? Rod butt
Post by: JRD on October 24, 2017, 01:44:10 AM
Yes I have the cork puppy for this rod.  It's the width of the reel frame studs that won't go around the rod butt.
Title: Re: Is there a big butt Solution? Rod butt
Post by: SoCalAngler on October 24, 2017, 03:05:28 PM
I have never fished a 112 but the only stock offset clamp studs I remember were on the Daiwa Saltist and Saltiga 30T reels.