FISHING ROD HANDLE ASSEMBLY

The attached disclosure is directed to a fishing rod handle assembly onto which a reel and a rod portion can be simultaneously, or individually, clamped by virtue of a combined actuating mechanism. The rod section is secured to the handle by a collet having a socket into which the butt portion of the rod section is received. The peripheral wall of the socket is selectively compressible radially inwardly against the butt portion of the rod section by a camming interaction between the collet and collet nut threadably received on the handle. A clamping pawl is pivotally attached to the rear of the collet and extends from the collet to an offset reel seat on the handle where it is adapted to embrace the toe of a reel mounting foot upon selective rotation of the collet nut. In one embodiment of the invention disclosed, the collet nut and the collet also interact to provide a positive disengagement of the clamping pawl from the reel.