Ya Islanders, LA-4's, MR2 & MR3's. I've never had an issue. I'll have to go put one in the holder and see if I can make mine do what you guys are saying. I used to use the tubes on the booms, but now I'm using some real light weight Trophy bucktail rods and the butt section is quite short. I knew that there wouldn't be enough rod in the tube and the butt section could snap from the torque. The Orca's work great with my setup. I almost lost a rod hali fishing off Estavan last summer using the Orca's. The line grabbed the bottom and we were drifting in some big swells. I had the drag done up fairly tight and the downward torque on the end of the rod (which will put upward force on the butt end) started to open the Orca up. It opened about 3/4 of an inch, another 1/2 inch and the rod would pop out. I noticed it just in time and grabbed the rod before it went over.