06-24-2003, 11:23 PM
[cool]Earlier in the day, I promised to try to come up with a diagram for installing rod holders at the rear of a seat on pontoons. I originally had a design in mind, using a metal or wood angled contraption. I since came up with one that Mr. Scud could whip together and screw onto his existing wood platform...using only a few small pieces of 1"X2" wood.
If you don't already have a platform, I suggest making one out of 1"X6" wood, or heavy plastic. Then you make the simple frame, as I have crudely illustrated, and use the screw holes and screws provided with the 3 hole rod holder to put it together.
I also came up with the concept of fastening the crosspiece of wood to the fram with the low-profile broom handle clips available in most "big box" building supply stores or well stocked hardware stores. If your frame is about the same diameter as a broom handle, these clips will snap down over the frame and hold it plenty securely. Then, at the end of the trip, you can snap off the whole rig and pack it for the trip home.
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I hope my quick and dirty rendering is readable. I'll be happy to answer any questions or concerns.
I will be doing a separate pictorial on using these rod racks by next week. I have a 4 rod holder on the way, and I am going to experiment with using stretch cord to mount the transducer rod...so that it is easy to hook up and remove...and is less weight and protruding corners than broom clips.
The one thing I will be showing is that the slots in the commercial tubes need to be widened for spinning and baitcasting, and a small notch added in the opposite side, for trigger handles. I will also show that fly rods...even without fighting butts, can be safely stored in these tubes if you carefully widen and lengthen the slot to fit your reel.
Give you any ideas ES?
TubeDude
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If you don't already have a platform, I suggest making one out of 1"X6" wood, or heavy plastic. Then you make the simple frame, as I have crudely illustrated, and use the screw holes and screws provided with the 3 hole rod holder to put it together.
I also came up with the concept of fastening the crosspiece of wood to the fram with the low-profile broom handle clips available in most "big box" building supply stores or well stocked hardware stores. If your frame is about the same diameter as a broom handle, these clips will snap down over the frame and hold it plenty securely. Then, at the end of the trip, you can snap off the whole rig and pack it for the trip home.
I hope my quick and dirty rendering is readable. I'll be happy to answer any questions or concerns.
I will be doing a separate pictorial on using these rod racks by next week. I have a 4 rod holder on the way, and I am going to experiment with using stretch cord to mount the transducer rod...so that it is easy to hook up and remove...and is less weight and protruding corners than broom clips.
The one thing I will be showing is that the slots in the commercial tubes need to be widened for spinning and baitcasting, and a small notch added in the opposite side, for trigger handles. I will also show that fly rods...even without fighting butts, can be safely stored in these tubes if you carefully widen and lengthen the slot to fit your reel.
Give you any ideas ES?
TubeDude
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