Hey guys so I am building a 10 ft surf rod. What is a good standard size reel seat to use on a casting rod this size if I am unsure of the reel that will be used?

It is primarily contingent on the OD of the blank where the seat will fit

Ron Weber

I was thinking I would just use a tape arbor, I was mainly worried about going to small or to large in regards to how it looks. The customer wants to feel it out in person before I epoxy the seat to know exactly where they want it. It is the 10ft Medium St. Croix Avid blank. The tip is 7.0 and the butt is .73.

Probably gonna take somewhere between an 18 and a 20

Ron Weber

If it's a spinning reel you'll want the seat to fit the angler's hand, which usually means a larger rather than a smaller seat. If casting, the seat can be smaller, fitted directly to the blank as the angler's hand will grip both the seat and the reel.

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/20/2016 03:55PM by John E Powell.

I use a 22 for just about all conventional surf casting reels -- it's easy, it fits my hand well, etc. And I don't have to think about it -- just use 22, even if the diameter of the blank is small enough to accommodate something a bit smaller.

The only exception is when the diameter of the blank is too large to accommodate a 22. Then I use the smallest seat I can get away with, which is usually a 24. I just built a couple of rods like this.

Which leads me to a thought, which I will put in a new thread....