Adjustable butt and reel seat for a fishing rod

An adjustable fishing rod butt for use with a fishing reel and a rod blank, comprising:

• a first elongate member comprising an opening in a bottom surface thereof;
• a second elongate member comprising an adjustable reel seat portion on an upper surface thereof, and an arcuate positioning arm externally attached to a bottom surface thereof, wherein the arcuate positioning arm is configured to be positioned into the opening in the first elongate member;
• a hinge coupling the first elongate member to the second elongate member, the hinge comprising a u-shaped portion at a terminal end of a selected one of the first and second elongate members and a tongue portion at a terminal end of the other one of the first and second elongate members, wherein the tongue portion is configured to fit within the u- shaped portion, and wherein the u-shaped portion and the tongue portion comprise coaxially aligned openings for receiving a hinge pin to hingeably couple the first and second elongate members;
• an alignment locking member secured about the opening in the bottom surface of the first elongate member, the alignment locking member having a first opening coaxially aligned with the opening in the first elongate member, the alignment locking member further comprising a second opening extending from one side of the alignment locking member to an opposing side of the alignment locking member;
• the second opening in the alignment locking member having a pin extending into an interior space of the second opening;
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• a locking pin configured to lockingly engage the arcuate positioning arm via engagement with a selectedn opening of a plurality of spaced openings in the arcuate positioning arm when the locking pin is received within the second opening of the alignment locking member, the locking pin comprising a channel dimensioned to slidably engage with the pin extending into the second opening in the alignment locking member to lock an angular relationship of the hingeably coupled first and second elongate members relative to one another.