04-09-2019, 01:50 PM
[#0000FF]I really like having a rod holder tree on each side of the tube. There are two rod holders set at different angles...plus the vertical one for rerigging, dealing with fish, etc.
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[#0000FF]I deliberately made it with 1" schedule 40 PVC for strength. Yesterday it really proved how strong it is. At one point I had two big cats hooked at the same time and had to keep first reeling on one rod and then putting it in one of the holders while I worked the other rod. I had the reel drags set fairly tight and when a cat on a rod holder rod took off it really put some torque on the holder. But they both held up well. Only downside was one of the cats managed to shed the hook just before I was ready to introduce it to the net.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]Another serious test is when a cantankerous kitty chomps on a flig and boogies. I fish those with a closed bail or a baitcast reel in the locked position. A few cats have just about given me a whiplash when they do the fast getaway. But nothing has bent or broken yet.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]I am attaching a brief pictorial writeup I put together while making the first model. Since then I have lengthened the lower section to raise the holder slightly higher for my tube. See the attached pic.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]It would be very easy to mount one of these either on a boat or on a metal rod for pounding into the shoreline. But for those applications a single rod holder might be more practical.
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[#0000FF]As you have discovered, it is a good idea to have some kind of secure rod holder when fishing for big powerful fish. Design is not nearly as important as simplicity of use and strength.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]I deliberately made it with 1" schedule 40 PVC for strength. Yesterday it really proved how strong it is. At one point I had two big cats hooked at the same time and had to keep first reeling on one rod and then putting it in one of the holders while I worked the other rod. I had the reel drags set fairly tight and when a cat on a rod holder rod took off it really put some torque on the holder. But they both held up well. Only downside was one of the cats managed to shed the hook just before I was ready to introduce it to the net.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]Another serious test is when a cantankerous kitty chomps on a flig and boogies. I fish those with a closed bail or a baitcast reel in the locked position. A few cats have just about given me a whiplash when they do the fast getaway. But nothing has bent or broken yet.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]I am attaching a brief pictorial writeup I put together while making the first model. Since then I have lengthened the lower section to raise the holder slightly higher for my tube. See the attached pic.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]It would be very easy to mount one of these either on a boat or on a metal rod for pounding into the shoreline. But for those applications a single rod holder might be more practical.
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[#0000FF]As you have discovered, it is a good idea to have some kind of secure rod holder when fishing for big powerful fish. Design is not nearly as important as simplicity of use and strength.[/#0000FF]
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