Two piece molded adjustable rod handle

A telescoping fishing rod handle for mounting a rod and a fishing reel of the type having an elongate mounting foot with forwardly and rearwardly directed legs, each leg tapering toward a free end, comprising:

• a foregrip having a longitudinally directed stem threaded at least partially along its length, a continuous peripheral outer wall, a substantially rectangular opening in the outer wall, a rearwardly opening slot for reception of the forwardly directed leg of the reel foot and a sloping wall surface extending from the entrance to the slot into the slot;
• and
• a buttgrip defining an internally threaded bore for mating with the stem and an annular forwardly opening undercut for the reception of the rearwardly directed leg of the reel foot said undercut defined by a sloping surface on a peripheral wall of the buttgrip in conjunction with the stem, said sloping wall surface extending from the entrance to the undercut into the undercut and being continuous about the periphery of the undercut;
• said continuous peripheral outer wall of the foregrip, in conjunction with the stem, forming an annular cylindrical recess, the peripheral wall of the buttgrip extending within the cylindrical recess,
• said foregrip and buttgrip being adjustably movable, each toward the other in a lengthwise direction by effecting relative rotation between the buttgrip and foregrip,
• the forwardly and rearwardly directed, tapering legs capable of wedging respectively within the slot and the undercut,
• the adjustment of the buttgrip and foregrip toward each other captures the foot in a mounted position between the sloping wall surfaces of the slot and the undercut and adjustment of the foregrip and buttgrip away from each other permits the reel foot to be freed for disassembly of the reel.