A movable hood for a reel seat has a hood portion, through which a body of a reel seat passes, and a nut portion, which is connected to the hood portion to rotate around the body and is threadedly coupled to an outer peripheral surface of the body at an inner peripheral surface. The hood portion has a pair of first guide projections and a second guide projection which are fitted to the outer peripheral surface of the body. The first guide projections project from an inner peripheral surface of the hood portion above a central axis of the hood portion, and the second guide projection projects from the inner peripheral surface of the hood portion at a lower end of the hood portion. A radial thickness in a cross section of the hood portion gradually decreases from the first guide projections toward the second guide projection.

A movable hood for a reel seat has a hood portion and a nut portion. A body of a reel seat passes through the hood portion. The hood portion is movable in a longitudinal direction of the body. The nut portion is connected to the hood portion to rotate around the body and is threadedly coupled to an outer peripheral surface of the body at an inner peripheral surface. The hood portion has a base end facing the nut portion and a leading end located opposite the base end. When viewing the hood portion from side, a length of an upper side of the hood portion from the base end to the leading end is longer than a length of a lower side of the hood portion from the base end to the leading end, and an upper contour of the hood portion has an upward convex curve line.

A movable hood for a reel seat has a hood portion and a nut portion. A body of a reel seat passes through the hood portion. The hood portion is movable in a longitudinal direction of the body. The nut portion is connected to the hood portion to rotate around the body and is threadedly coupled to an outer peripheral surface of the body at an inner peripheral surface. The hood portion has a base end facing the nut portion and a leading end located opposite the base end. When viewing the hood portion from side, a length of an upper side of the hood portion from the base end to the leading end is longer than a length of a lower side of the hood portion from the base end to the leading end, and an upper contour of the hood portion has an upward convex curve line.

Described are self-tensioning reel seat ends for fishing reel seats. The described reel seats generally have a proximal end, a distal end, and a tensioning medium. The tensioning medium provides force between the proximal and distal ends of the reel seat end in order to securely seat a fishing reel in a reel seat by way of the tensioning provided by the tensioning medium. The described self-tensioning reel seat ends can be incorporated at one or both ends of a reel seat, and can be incorporated into fishing rods or poles, as well as in bows used for bow fishing.

Described are self-tensioning reel seat ends for fishing reel seats. The described reel seats generally have a proximal end, a distal end, and a tensioning medium. The tensioning medium provides force between the proximal and distal ends of the reel seat end in order to securely seat a fishing reel in a reel seat by way of the tensioning provided by the tensioning medium. The described self-tensioning reel seat ends can be incorporated at one or both ends of a reel seat, and can be incorporated into fishing rods or poles, as well as in bows used for bow fishing.

A branch fishing rod assembly for creating a fishing rod out of a branch or stick includes a reel holder apparatus, a reel, and a plurality of eyelet apparatuses. The reel holder apparatus comprises a holder body and a pair of holder clamps coupled to the holder body to secure the holder body to a branch or a stick. The reel is selectively engageable within a reel opening of the holder body. The plurality of eyelet apparatuses each comprises an eyelet clamp to selectively engage the branch or the stick. An attachment arm is coupled to the eyelet clamp strap and an eyelet is coupled to the attachment arm. The reel is configured to secure a fishing line and the plurality of eyelet apparatuses is configured to receive the fishing line through each eyelet.

A branch fishing rod assembly for creating a fishing rod out of a branch or stick includes a reel holder apparatus, a reel, and a plurality of eyelet apparatuses. The reel holder apparatus comprises a holder body and a pair of holder clamps coupled to the holder body to secure the holder body to a branch or a stick. The reel is selectively engageable within a reel opening of the holder body. The plurality of eyelet apparatuses each comprises an eyelet clamp to selectively engage the branch or the stick. An attachment arm is coupled to the eyelet clamp strap and an eyelet is coupled to the attachment arm. The reel is configured to secure a fishing line and the plurality of eyelet apparatuses is configured to receive the fishing line through each eyelet.

A fishing rod that includes an elongated, tapered rod blank at least a portion of which is quadrilateral in cross section, the quadrilateral portion of the rod blank diminishing in cross-sectional area toward a tip end of the rod blank, the quadrilateral portion of the rod blank comprising a sandwich-structured composite of a core disposed between facings, the core less dense than the facings, the quadrilateral portion of rod blank less stiff in a casting direction than transverse to the casting direction; fishing line guides mounted at intervals along the length of the rod blank; a reel seat mounted at the base end of the rod blank; and a handle mounted at the base end of the rod blank adjacent to the reel seat.

A fishing rod that includes an elongated, tapered rod blank at least a portion of which is quadrilateral in cross section, the quadrilateral portion of the rod blank diminishing in cross-sectional area toward a tip end of the rod blank, the quadrilateral portion of the rod blank comprising a sandwich-structured composite of a core disposed between facings, the core less dense than the facings, the quadrilateral portion of rod blank less stiff in a casting direction than transverse to the casting direction; fishing line guides mounted at intervals along the length of the rod blank; a reel seat mounted at the base end of the rod blank; and a handle mounted at the base end of the rod blank adjacent to the reel seat.

A fishing rod is provided. The fish rod includes a rod blank comprised of an elongated elastic member and having a first end, a reel seat extended in a first direction from the first end, and a handle having a plurality of grip members. Each of the plurality of grip members is separately disposed from one another around the first end of the rod blank.