Home made rod pods.

[Guest Nightwing]

Anyone try this? In looking at various rod pods, both in person and in catalogs, I see no reason to purchase one. The designs are relatively simple, and I can even see several immediate improvements that could be made. I can get stainles steel, aluminum, or brass cheap, including threaded fittings, at our local hardware store. Heavy duty PVC even cheaper!

I am thinking of several designes(knock offs of comercial ones), but with improved legs based on rifle bipods and camera tripods.

Banksticks look to be even easier.

Wish me luck!

[Guest Elton]

Nightwing,

 

Gaffer makes his own kit from stainless and, no doubt, will be able to help you with a few ideas when he's next on here.

 

Tight lines,

 

Elton

[Guest Cranfield]

Nightwing, One thing you should consider when choosing the raw material, WEIGHT.

 

I went through the Tackle Tart phase in my serious carping days and bought all the stainless bits.

Only problem was carrying it.

Fortunately I found enough people to buy it from me.

I have never understood the need for stainless.Bank sticks etc that I have had 20+ years have never rusted and my Cygnet pod is very portable.

[Guest Gaffer]

Hi all, as a self confessed Tackle Tart I have a nice selection of Stainless Steel banks sticks, buzzbars and pod, but the are very heavy to cart about. Especially when using 4 rods and I like to use single bank sticks.(that's 2x20in bank sticks per rod!)

One good thing with stainless is that it is very durable, strong and will last forever. I've thrown many a 'wobbly' trying to get my old 'ally bank sticks into gravel, only to watch them bend!

A stainless pod is also 'rock-steady' in high winds 'cos of the weight.

 

I get a lot of pleasure out of making my own stuff especially when it far out weighs the cost.

Having said that, there is a lot of cheap stainless bank tackle on sale at the moment and it beats me how they can sell them for what they do when I can't even buy in the materials for less!!

 

I'll be back later with some pics (if I can find them) of the stuff I've made and or use.

 

 

 

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All the best, Gaffer

 

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[Guest Nightwing]

Thanks guys. Not so much a tackle tart thing(I own no "proper" carp gear at all, I use salmon and steelhead gear!), but one of need. I often fish off of long cement piers in Lake Michgan, so no place to put rods. Weight is not a problem(at most, only a mile walk or so), it is even a plus due to the constant wind off the lake.

[Guest Elton]

Gaffer & Nightwing,

 

Serious question: is fabricating fishing gear from stainless within the realms of the man in the street, or do you need access to some serious equipment for this?

 

Elton

[Guest Gaffer]

I'm very fortunate to have access (when ever I want) to a mill, a couple of lathes and various grinders.

 

I've also got all of my own Taps and Dies ranging from 8BA upto some huge Whitworth threads.

 

Personally I hate machining Stainless Steel, especially big stuff, and much prefer Alluminium or Brass as they are far easier to machine.

To cut a fair amount of Stainless (anything more than a 1 off) you need tipped tools as Stainless burns out ordinary tools far too easily. Also you really need T-Carbide drills which ain't cheap!

 

I'm used to working with very small components and threads, the smaller the better, so fishing tackle is what I make best and enjoy the most.

For example, I have just cross drilled 20 Korda safety clips by hand with a 0.25mm drill!!

 

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All the best, Gaffer

 

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[This message has been edited by Gaffer (edited 05 January 2002).]

[Guest Nightwing]

Brother in law runs an industrial machine shop.

free machine time, steel and aluminum at cost.