Here’s a response I posted to a question on the other forum. I thought someone may be interested. So here ya go.
These are certainly not as esthetic or well finished as the professionally made ones but they’ve worked for me. Use any length/diameter conduit based on your rod. I used a heat gun and very slowly bent the conduit. It wants to crimp and you can see some crimping but going slow enough it doesn’t affect the result other than looks. Then I used an oscillating saw to cut the opening and a drimel to sand the edges. There is a guy on YouTube that fills the conduit with sand before heating to prevent the crimping but I was fine with how these turned out.
I also make rod holders to transport rods in the cab or truck bed broken down into 2 sections with the reel on and rigged. I only cut a slot in the end for the reel and then attach bungees to hold in place. The rods are safe and basically rigged during transport.
Hope this helps. The professional ones are beautiful. DRE offers aluminum ones that are outstanding but cost $$$$$.
Just the weight of the conduit
Choose your conduit diameter to fit your rod
Any length you want. Could add a coupler and go 20’ if you want!
I wouldn’t purposefully stand on them or sit on them. The guides are still exposed in the pictured model. (It’s made with the long groove to be able to remove a full rod while in a boat.)
I used pipe clamps attach to my raft frame. Hell you could use thick zip ties, or whatever depending on your raft set up. If you’re not planning on flipping your boat the attachment doesn’t have to be bomb proof. I don’t leave my rods in the holders on the boat when driving. I’m not worried about anything coming loose but rather the road grit in the exposed reel.
These are certainly not as esthetic or well finished as the professionally made ones but they’ve worked for me. Use any length/diameter conduit based on your rod. I used a heat gun and very slowly bent the conduit. It wants to crimp and you can see some crimping but going slow enough it doesn’t affect the result other than looks. Then I used an oscillating saw to cut the opening and a drimel to sand the edges. There is a guy on YouTube that fills the conduit with sand before heating to prevent the crimping but I was fine with how these turned out.
I also make rod holders to transport rods in the cab or truck bed broken down into 2 sections with the reel on and rigged. I only cut a slot in the end for the reel and then attach bungees to hold in place. The rods are safe and basically rigged during transport.
Hope this helps. The professional ones are beautiful. DRE offers aluminum ones that are outstanding but cost $$$$$.
Just the weight of the conduit
Choose your conduit diameter to fit your rod
Any length you want. Could add a coupler and go 20’ if you want!
I wouldn’t purposefully stand on them or sit on them. The guides are still exposed in the pictured model. (It’s made with the long groove to be able to remove a full rod while in a boat.)
I used pipe clamps attach to my raft frame. Hell you could use thick zip ties, or whatever depending on your raft set up. If you’re not planning on flipping your boat the attachment doesn’t have to be bomb proof. I don’t leave my rods in the holders on the boat when driving. I’m not worried about anything coming loose but rather the road grit in the exposed reel.