Welcome
to the reel seat section of our catalog. Batson Enter prises is please to
offer one of the most comprehensive selections of reel seats found anywhere.
We offer our state of the art Alps products and our value oriented Forecast
models. If you can’t find the right reel seat for your rod building
project here, chances are you will not find it anywhere. We also specialize
in custom OEM reel seat design, contact our sales department if you have
a design you would like us to manufacture for you
Technical Features Incorporated In Alps™
Reel Seats
• All Alps reel seats are manufactured with ‘Marine Grade”
6061 or 7071 aluminum.
• Alps fly reel seat are designed to comply with the AFFTA fly reel
foot standard (this means your reel will always fit any Alps fly seat design)
• Alps reel seat are machined on high tech multi function CNC machinery
which assures tight tolerances and
Superb Fit And Finish
• Alps reel seat’s feature superb “Hard Anodized “custom
finishes that hold up in any environment.
• Alps designs feature egomaniacally correct nut designs for easier
tightening of reel to the rod
Technical Features Incorporated In Forecast™
Reel Seats
• All Forecast fly reel seat are designed to comply with the AFFTA
fly reel foot standard
• All forecast fly reel seat feature our “CFR” front retainer
Design (see diagram below)
• Forecast blank exposed graphite casting seats were the first Graphite
Casting seats to feature a built in ribbed shim system (see photo)