Patent ID: 7086195

Claim:
A fly fishing rod with a detachable reel seat, the fly fishing rod comprising: a fishing rod shaft having a tip end and a proximal end; a handgrip mounted to and circumscribing the fishing rod shaft, near the proximal end of the fishing rod shaft, the handgrip having a length l 1 adapted for receiving a fisherman's hand thereon, the handgrip having an external diameter along at least a portion of the length l 1 thereof which is greater than an external diameter of the fishing rod shaft, the fishing rod shaft having a proximal portion between the proximal end and the handgrip; a sleeve secured to the proximal portion, the sleeve having a generally cylindrical outer surface; a removable reel seat member defining a cylindrical cavity adapted to slide onto the outer surface of the sleeve into a mounted position, the reel seat member having reel fasteners; a reel mounted both to the removable reel seat with the reel fasteners and over the cavity of the removable reel seat; and a locking member associated with the reel seat member and the sleeve for releasably locking the reel seat member to the sleeve by inducing less than a 360 degree rotation of the reel seat relatively to the sleeve; whereby the reel and reel seat member can be released and removed from the fishing rod during the sport of fly fishing.