Rail Rodding Spinners West Coast style

[paul708]

that is some piece of work
i like the concept
good luck with it

[Mitchw123456]

Originally Posted by MrBill

Once again, nice job and good luck on your 5 day trip. One question for you. Is the line wrapped around the orange pipe for any reason? I'm trying to figure out why the line isn't running straight through your two aluminum rings before it contacts the first guide.

MrBill it looks like to me that the line is just running through the guides and has no pressure on it so its just laying limp over the orange bar

[ksong]

Jamie,
My comment is compliment as we are all crazy about fishing and only thinking about fishing. I thought I was crazy to develop porta-rail for conventional rod and you went beyond.

[BretABaker]

do you have any grip on the bottom of that? i was thinking about it, and even though it is flat, i still think it could slide when wet/boat is rocking. maybe just put a strip of EVA on the bottom similar to a rod grip?

[rhale]

Very nice work. Will it only work for a specific rod or can shims be added for different rod diameters?

[fishordie]

Hi all,

We will see how generic this thing is once I get some really big spinner to be used on giants. Though this one is on the Calstar, which has a bit too much bend for me and shuts off way down at the reel seat, the design should easily hold up to the kind of pressures needed for Giant Tuna.

As far as the concern of the forward standoff it is not a concern of mine. The load is distributed between the fore and aft standoff so it is not under full compression. Even if it were there is 1/8 inch of rubber between the clamps and rod blank. The load is taken up somewhat on the sides of the blank as well as the point to rail contact of a round rod and therefore is even
easier on the rod then the standard convention rail rod which is solely point to point contact.

I guess I will just have to try the damn thing and see what happens.

P.S. Kilsong, I was just having fun with your crazy comment. It happens to be true. I look forward to fishing with you soon

Jamie

[lite-liner]

excellent work on what appears to be a very innovative product!
one jigging question, though.
From the pics, it seems there is not much room between the rear standoff
and the handle knob when the handle is fully foreward. have you tried
casting/popping or jigging w/it to see if it is an actual issue?
love the idea, just don't want to take off a knuckle or 2!
once again, great idea and can't wait to see one in my garage!
tight lines
-Brian

[fishordie]

Hi Brian,

The rear standoff is well out of the way of knuckles or any other body parts that may want to get scraped....LOL I leave in the morning so we will see.

Jamie

[SkeeterRonnie]

great idea!

[fishordie]

Again thanks to all who have PM'd me or showed some interest in the device.

As a note, the pics were taken before I placed a layer of cork tape along the bottom of the foot and then wrapped the foot with shrink tubing. This will both protect the Rail from gouging, though I do not think it would anyway, as well as provide a non slip surface for the device.

I am out of here in the morning and with the bite possibly as close as 40 miles I may be trying it out in the afternoon. I am sure the Shogun will have pics on their site. If I am lucky maybe one will be of me and this thing.

Jamie