Ihave my boat stored away in a garage this winter and now i have a solid cabin on it i hope to put a rocket launcher rod holder on the cabin top, i should have enough room to take 7 rods and the 2 end rod tubes can be used for the planer board rods, it will keep the rods out of the way and the line up high and clear from the water.
I have priced the parts for it and it will cost approx £60 for the metal now i just have to find someone who can weld aluminum and i can get started
Here is a pic of the sort of thing i want to try and do

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that looks like the dog's wotsits James. looks like you might need to fit a lightning conductor as well!

When its welded, make sure the tubes have a drain hole at the bottom or they will fill up with water.

We have used an off-line board this year and the higher the mast the better. I reckon the line needs to be at least 5 feet above the water level at the boat (that was with a 15 -20 yard line). Took your advice and used a strimmer line - it worked well. We used an old Scarboro reel to wind it in. I have a bit of video of the rig somewhere, I will try to add it to utube and post a link here. may be a while as I'm in the process of getting a new computer. I am switching from a PC to a Mac so there will be a bit of a learning curve to deal with first.

Happy hogmany when it comes..............FF2

finally got around to it at last! after you watch this you will probably realise there is a lot to be said for on-line boards but they are not really suitable for charr fishing. Have a look at the other videos as well, especially Bill & Ben Play Football and B&B in a Spin you are bound to have a laugh!

Clik here for "Planer Boarding"..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gaYHpyCvaw

.........FF2

Phil thats fantastic, it a cracking char you got, you need to put some more videos up, it will get us going for the coming season.

cheers...james

glad you liked it James. unfortunately we had another poor season over on the lakes and so got very little decent video. I'll have a look back, we had a few pike so I'm sure i can rustle up a bit more......
.....FF2

I allways love watching your wee films. You and your brother are what fishing is all about. Having a laugh and a great time away from this crazy bloody world .all the best and i hope you have a great year
regards scotty

thanks Scotty, here's a link to another video, there are 4 new titles now:

A Windermere Pike
Back on Windermere
A Lough Corrib Brownie
and this un, April on Windermere............


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3-wq83Ct84

hope you enjoy them!

FF2

I think your films are brilliant. I too love watching them. Keep them coming

Tightlines for 2009

There is nothing wrong with killing a fish to eat, it is about time some of these morons got a life. At one time nearly everyone killed more fish than they could eat
myself included. But like yourself i just kill what i am going to eat now.
scotty

James you better make sure you dont go near Faslane with these things fitted to your boat they will think its a terrorist attack and blow you oot the water
scotty

James
i have these lurking in my garage

Dimensions of the tubes are 1 1/4" I.D, 2" O.D
Length of pipe is 6" no bottom to them so you can fix them half way up yer boat and the rod butt will be on the ground.

Ally bar which they are attached to is 12" long by 1.5" deep pre-drilled and all edges have been reemed

i have two of these if you are interested??

i know you are looking for more holders but??

let me know, and we can come to some arrangement.

Macharpoolhttp://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/macharpool/

let me know if the pics come through