Rod rests for wooden platforms....
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Re: Rod rests for wooden platforms....
Good work BB! Can you tell me the make of that thread you have used please?
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Re: Rod rests for wooden platforms....
They look great BB, are you planning a test drive soon?
Not fished many places with platforms yet but when encountered I have an extra long extending bank stick that pokes in front or to the side of the platform, with a bag or jacket to lift the butt off the deck. Usually a bit of a suck it and see situation, a far cry from your solution
Not fished many places with platforms yet but when encountered I have an extra long extending bank stick that pokes in front or to the side of the platform, with a bag or jacket to lift the butt off the deck. Usually a bit of a suck it and see situation, a far cry from your solution
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Re: Rod rests for wooden platforms....
There are two threads on the rests, both VS have a black thread that I got from the dark side on a spool of about 2000mts, I think it's d grade.
The thread on the bottom of the Vs and the bamboo is a green thread I also got on a bulk spool also from the unmentionable site, it's much heavier than the black thread.
I can show you if we ever do the Bitterling soiree.
Thanks
BB
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Re: Rod rests for wooden platforms....
These are the threads used.
Thanks
BB
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Re: Rod rests for wooden platforms....
Thanks for the photos BB. Looking via my phone screen it looked like a flecked thread but I can see now it was an illusion! I'd love to meet up and try for a bitterling Maybe once we're into summer proper?
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Re: Rod rests for wooden platforms....
A very nice idea BB, and infinitely adjustable.
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Re: Rod rests for wooden platforms....
This pair are not adjustable Fred, but the next set I make will be adjustable. I just need to use these a few time to see how I will approach the mk2 set.
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Re: Rod rests for wooden platforms....
Thanks for the suggestion John. Helen and I sometimes share a platform, making any rod rest almost impossible! I ordered 2 sets that arrived today and the are a great solution. All I needed to do was glue some 1mm cork (I use it for model railway track bed) inside the hole from the seat frame - they where about half a mm too wide for the frames of our Fox chairs.
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Re: Rod rests for wooden platforms....
Most of the Billericay fisheries have platforms, so I use an extending rest on the front leg of my chair and another rest like Duckett's for the butt of the rod... works very well
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Re: Rod rests for wooden platforms....
I was thinking that they were adjustable front to back (the distance between them) but the Mk2 could be good.BoltonBullfinch wrote: ↑Fri May 14, 2021 10:09 pmThis pair are not adjustable Fred, but the next set I make will be adjustable. I just need to use these a few time to see how I will approach the mk2 set.
Thanks
BB
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