Recently purchased a watermaster and trying to figure out the ideal fly rod holder arrangement. I have the watermaster holders and today discovered it won’t hold a rod with a fighting butt. Curious as to what others have used and where you place them on your boat.
SFR Fly rod holders for watermaster
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Can you share a link? I'm not sure which those are.
But based on previous watermaster conversations I've seen (and my experience using them on other floating devices), I'd say the Scotty holders are the way to go.
I've used three rod holders in my WM Kodiak.
Maybe I just need to learn how to control loose line while casting but I often find if my Scotty holder is where I can easily reach it on my WM Kodiak, it becomes a line magnet.
Rod Right Rod Holder - Water Master
It keeps your rod vertical and in front of you so you can reach it easily or put it away quickly.
www.bigskyinflatables.com
Water Strider Bolt Action Rod Holder
The Bolt Action Rod Holder mounts on the inside or the outside of the Water Strider raft just in front of the handle of the oar when the oar is laying flat to the side of the air tube. This keeps the rod out of the way when you want to row.
waterstrider.com
After breaking a tip on a spare rod coming into shore, what I'd like is a safe way to stow spare rigged rods on a WM. The rear deck fabric not having holes to rig straps around the tubes seems to limit options to secure easy-access protective rod tubes and I haven't wanted to experiment with cutting holes in the deck to do so.
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I keep my spare rod strapped to one side of my WM in a case. My boat has the WM supplied zippered mesh bag on the interior side of the tube. I simply unzip one of the little pockets and put the reel and butt end of the rod I am using inside that pouch and use a piece of double-sided velcro to secure the rod to the raft behind the seat. I often fish just standing inside of the boat and keeping the rods this way eliminates places where the line can snag when fishing.
Is your boat partner a Llewellyn?
English Cocker Spaniel. South Georgia quail dog.
I use a Scotty mounted with straps on my dominant hand (right) side. I did try the set up on the left, out of concern over line tangling. In the end, it wasn’t worth it. Line stripped in while playing a fish was more likely to get snarled on the holder. Moreover, keeping the holder on my dominant side made for quicker grabbing of the rod.
As far as snagging loose line, that seems to happen any time line wanders off the stripping apron. One of the worst culprits are the straps at the cinch buckles—especially if they are situated on the outboard side where it’s hard to see and reach. I’ve been meaning to modify my straps with quick releases to minimize the amount of strap tails hanging out. So long as the quick release snaps are inboard and within easy reach, snagged fly line should be much less of an issue.
As far as snagging loose line, that seems to happen any time line wanders off the stripping apron. One of the worst culprits are the straps at the cinch buckles—especially if they are situated on the outboard side where it’s hard to see and reach. I’ve been meaning to modify my straps with quick releases to minimize the amount of strap tails hanging out. So long as the quick release snaps are inboard and within easy reach, snagged fly line should be much less of an issue.
