Aftco

AFTCO guides and tip-tops are designed and built to provide consistently flawless performance over a lifetime of fishing. The bearings, pins, rollers, screws, etc we produce today, while continually undergoing improvement in features and materials, are designed to fit perfectly into their proper AFTCO guide or tip-top, regardless of its age. You can order all replacement parts individually, but since the difference in size between like parts is small, they can easily be mistakenly interchanged. To avoid this, we suggest that you order complete assemblies, which include the roller, pin, bearing (with AFLON™ lifetime lubricant) and screw, already assembled.

AFTCO guides and tip-tops are designed and built to provide consistently flawless performance over a lifetime of fishing. The bearings, pins, rollers, screws, etc we produce today, while continually undergoing improvement in features and materials, are designed to fit perfectly into their proper AFTCO guide or tip-top, regardless of its age.

Aftco Unibutts® are the combination handle-reel seat that revolutionized trolling rod butts. Unibutt® fishing rod butts are formed from the finest marine alloy using AFTCO's unique "swaging" process, the ONE-PIECE Unibutt® aluminum fishing rod butt and reel seat is "unitized" for maximum strength and minimum weight. The aligning pin-plug, gimbal and fixed hood are locked in permanent alignment so that the gimbal, reel and rod guides always line up perfectly. The ferrules are precision-machined to ensure complete interchangeability of rod tip sections, and an "O" Ring on the ferrule prevents corrosion between ferrule and reel seat. A Teflon® ring inside the collet nut assures a snug fit, prevents galling, and allows easy removal of the nut. Stronger, lighter and simpler, AFTCO Unibutts® are available in Silver, Black, Black/Gold, Black/Silver, Silver/Gold, Black/Shimano® Gold anodized finishes.

Aftco Unibutts® are the combination handle-reel seat that revolutionized trolling rod butts. Unibutt® fishing rod butts are formed from the finest marine alloy using AFTCO's unique "swaging" process, the ONE-PIECE Unibutt® aluminum fishing rod butt and reel seat is "unitized" for maximum strength and minimum weight. The aligning pin-plug, gimbal and fixed hood are locked in permanent alignment so that the gimbal, reel and rod guides always line up perfectly. The ferrules are precision-machined to ensure complete interchangeability of rod tip sections, and an "O" Ring on the ferrule prevents corrosion between ferrule and reel seat. A Teflon® ring inside the collet nut assures a snug fit, prevents galling, and allows easy removal of the nut. Stronger, lighter and simpler, AFTCO Unibutts® are available in Silver, Black, Black/Gold, Black/Silver, Silver/Gold, Black/Shimano® Gold anodized finishes.

Aftco Unibutts® are the combination handle-reel seat that revolutionized trolling rod butts. Unibutt® fishing rod butts are formed from the finest marine alloy using AFTCO's unique "swaging" process, the ONE-PIECE Unibutt® aluminum fishing rod butt and reel seat is "unitized" for maximum strength and minimum weight. The aligning pin-plug, gimbal and fixed hood are locked in permanent alignment so that the gimbal, reel and rod guides always line up perfectly. The ferrules are precision-machined to ensure complete interchangeability of rod tip sections, and an "O" Ring on the ferrule prevents corrosion between ferrule and reel seat. A Teflon® ring inside the collet nut assures a snug fit, prevents galling, and allows easy removal of the nut. Stronger, lighter and simpler, AFTCO Unibutts® are available in Silver, Black, Black/Gold, Black/Silver, Silver/Gold, Black/Shimano® Gold anodized finishes.

Downrigger release fishing clip have the same features as the Outrigger Clips (except the stainless bail is not gold titanium-nitride coated) and should be attached directly to the cable above the downrigger ball. This is best accomplished by threading one side of the clip onto the cable, then placing a crimp on the cable before passing it through the remaining half of the clip. Once the cable has been terminated with the cannonball's snap, the clip can be positioned approximately one foot above the ball. The crimp should then be "swaged" into place. Note that the clip must be positioned with the adjustment-slider "down" or towards the bail. The fishing line should be twisted 5 to 10 times before placing it over the release bail.