dance a jig
Active Member
I am looking for advise regarding adding anodized aluminum rod holders to arch that are lined inside and flaired out near the top, with a pin approx. 9.25" down from the top of the shaft. The problem is I use 10'6" rods with MR3's and there is only about 7" from the rod butt to the reel housing, and I dont want to bang up the MR3 housing on the holder. Solutions I have thought of include:
1) drilling replacement pins higher up so reel body doesnt come in hard contact with holder
2) inserting something into the rod holder shaft so reel body doesnt come in hard contact with holder
3) adding some rubber liner I fabricate to top of rod holder to protect reels
Certainly others on this forum have 10'6" or longer rods with the short butts before the real seat, and have found a solution to this problem, so I ask you what worked well for you? thanks in advance to your advice.
DAJ
1) drilling replacement pins higher up so reel body doesnt come in hard contact with holder
2) inserting something into the rod holder shaft so reel body doesnt come in hard contact with holder
3) adding some rubber liner I fabricate to top of rod holder to protect reels
Certainly others on this forum have 10'6" or longer rods with the short butts before the real seat, and have found a solution to this problem, so I ask you what worked well for you? thanks in advance to your advice.
DAJ