I have a customer that really likes the looks of a rod I built over ten years ago. It had gold guide feet, reel seat hood and trim rings. The trim rings and other accents I can find, but not  the reel seat or the guides.  I contacted Pac Bay about the reel seat, as I'm sure they were the manufacturer, but so far I've been unable to find a dealer that still has them.

Any help would be appreciated.  I really don't want to 'sell' this guy something he really doesn't want.

Thanks

Look at the Sea Guide guides on rodbuilderswarehouse.com

 

Batson/Forecast for some reel seats.

 

Spinning or casting?

Edited September 30, 2025Sep 30 by MikeK
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Maybe 220 years ago you saw gold starting to go out of favor here in the US as a frame color, the Fuji guides and the cheaper guides found on Bass Pro/Cabelas/ etc. rods turned green fairly easily. Pac Bay's Ti plasma coatings in gold, bronze, etc. were a better guide for intermittent salt/brackish water uses and if I had to use a colored guide this is where I bought them. Even their black was a Ti compounded guide. I have a rare Seeker Super Seeker carbon/S glass salmon rod I built on the Ti Bronze guides that has done very well over the last 20 years of use.

I have a few reel seats with gold hoods in my collection of extra parts, P M  me the size and type and I will help you if I can.