Fishing rod assembly with integrated energy storage

A fishing rod assembly for electrically powered reels comprising:

• a rod butt assembly comprising:
• a tubular battery housing,
• a gimbal secured at a terminal end of the battery housing,
• a rechargeable battery cell assembly received within the battery housing,
• a power switch in electrical communication with the battery cell assembly,
• a ferrule connector body at an upper end of the battery housing,
• an electrical connector located within the ferrule connector, the electrical connector in electrical communication with the power switch;
• and
• a reel seat assembly comprising:
• a reel seat having a tubular body with upper and lower ends and a reel clamping nut,
• a wire guide insert having an upper end thereof secured to a lower end of the tubular body of the reel seat,
• a ferrule connector body received on a lower end of the wire guide insert,
• a receiving tube extending through the tubular body of the reel seat for receiving a rod blank, the outer surface of the receiving tube being spaced inwardly from an inner surface of the reel seat tubular body by a plurality of C-shaped shims thereby providing a wire channel between the inside surface of the reel seat and the outside of the receiving tube,
• a power egress body secured to the upper end of the reel seat tubular body,
• an electrical connector located on an end face of the ferrule connector body,
• a wiring harness extending from the connector, through a wire channel in the wire guide insert, through the wire channel in the reel seat to a reel connector fitting received in an opening in the power egress body,
• wherein the rod butt assembly and the reel seat assembly are selectively receivable and securable together in assembled relation and a power circuit between the rechargeable power cell assembly and the reel connector fitting is completed by interfitting of the male and female ferrule connectors and associated electrical connectors in assembled relation.