the snowboard jacket is really light and not really bulky. its wind resistant and water proof and have these underarm zippers that i can open to let air in.
ill just give it a shot and if it works great. if it doesnt than well, ill get something else
i think ill try tomorrow from elwood boat ramp in the afternoon. the wind is south around 10km
first time yak help
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My 2 cents worth, would you go for a swim in snowboarding gear, because if you fall in, that is what you will be doing.
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Re: first time yak help
does anyone have a recommendation for installing a rod holder? a bit scared to drill a hole into the yak
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spend a fair it of time googling images for kayak rod holder set ups. There are many types and many ways. The most important thing is to make sure it doesn't interfere with paddle stroke. if worse comes to worse you put a screw hole where you dont want it, just plug it with a self tapping screw (stainless)Hyperx wrote:does anyone have a recommendation for installing a rod holder? a bit scared to drill a hole into the yak
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Use a holesaw but not a cheap one, l would sugest getting the arbor and saw from an industrial supplies not a hardware. measure the outside of the holder flush with the mount just below the mounting plate ( parallel to to the mounting plate) eg: a 45mm hole measured @15° would be about closer to 50 mm this is the size of holesaw needed use any drill at highish speed to dril a 2.5 mm pilot hole aapproximately where you want the holder then check location, once your happy then use holesaw to cut the hole, important dont use high speed as this will melt the plastic and always drill at 90° hence why you use the bigger diameter holesaw, however if you wanna be fussy buy the saw that suits the od of the holder drill the hole then carefully using a corse rasp file the hole on two side to make it ovel.
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Re: first time yak help
Hyperx wrote:does anyone have a recommendation for installing a rod holder? a bit scared to drill a hole into the yak
What type of fishing do you normally do? Soft plastics, baits??
Cheaterparts can make up some rod holders to fit a prowler without drilling... I love my setup but it's pretty custom for bait fishing at anchor
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Re: first time yak help
I've seen rocket launcher style rod holders home made with pvc pipe that i assume fit into hmm forget the name so i will call them drain holes lol
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rod holders are a personal thing - first think about how you are going to use your yak - most of the guys I fish with fit something to mount rod holders forward so while at anchor your rods are in easy reach and you can see the rod tipsHyperx wrote:does anyone have a recommendation for installing a rod holder? a bit scared to drill a hole into the yak
I have made up a few different sets for various guys and a lot has to do with the way they set them selfs up - as Chppers said I did his hod holder set up
on my own Prowler 4.3 I have 4 forward mounted rod holders and didn't drill any holes to fit them just mounted a rack to the std 5 mm threaded inserts that were in the hull
with a 3 mm allen key my rod holders can be removed in a couple of minutes as an assembly
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Easy, one I made for my second paddle yak; http://www.vyak.net/forum/viewtopic.php ... led#p15143
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Re: first time yak help
for the most part i plan to do mostly lures and only bait fish for kgw which i do plan on trying out extensively.choppers wrote:Hyperx wrote:does anyone have a recommendation for installing a rod holder? a bit scared to drill a hole into the yak
What type of fishing do you normally do? Soft plastics, baits??
Cheaterparts can make up some rod holders to fit a prowler without drilling... I love my setup but it's pretty custom for bait fishing at anchor
but really for the most part lure is what i plan on doing so perhaps the default kayak rod holder hole would be enough? i was kind of scared of losing the rod in case i tip it over