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Today we're going to take a look at this fishing rod set up from Yakima. This is their Reel Deal Fishing Rod Holder. This is going to mount to the roof rack of your vehicle, and it's going to allow you to get up to eight fishing rods loaded up and secured so you can carry them to and from your destination. What we like about this carrier is that it allows me to get my fishing rod loaded on my roof so I don't have to store them in my vehicle anymore. If you don't have a truck, this is especially useful, because you don't have a bed to store them in. You're not going to have to put them inside your vehicle.
And if you're going to take the kids out fishing, you don't want them tampering with those hooks, and then you also don't want to have to remove them either. So, this takes away a lot of hassle from breaking them down or taking the hooks off. You just get them all loaded up on your rooftop, you're going to be ready to go.Now while this is a fishing pole carrier, in the winter months you are able to use it for either two snowboards or four sets of skis. So, it's going to have a combination of uses. You can see how the rubber just molds to the shape of our snowboards to make sure that it has a tight fit.What's also really cool is that we have a wide variety of rods loaded up on our carrier right now, so if you have multiple rods you want to take out with you, you're going to be able to do that depending on what you're wanting to catch.
You know, if you want to catch some catfish, bass, or crappie all in the same day, you can get specific rods for those fish loaded up here.The only thing I do want to point out is that if you are going to load it up with eight fishing rods, you can see right here that we had to kind of adjust where each reel sat. So, it does take a little bit more time. You got to strategically place them to make sure they all fit, but it is still very manageable, and you can still get them all loaded.Now as you can see right here, all of our reels are facing down towards our roof. Now some of them come pretty close to making contact with the top of our roof, but we we're lucky enough to get them all loaded and not worry about it. If you find that you're having this issue and your reels are making contact with the top of your roof, you don't want to damage your reels at all and you don't want to scratch out the top of your roof, there are some brackets you can get available here at etrailer, they're made by Yakima.
Basically it's just going to allow you to get your carrier mounted to a higher platform, that way it's going to allow more space between your roof and your reel.One thing you do want to keep in mind is that with the rod loaded in this carrier, they are going to be exposed to the elements. Now if you're worried about that and maybe you have some higher end rods that you want to protect better or you just have a long road trip coming up and you don't want your rods outside that long, there is another option called the Yakima TopWater Rooftop Fishing Rod Carrier. And basically that's going to be a very long and narrow cargo box that is designed to be able to haul up to eight fishing rods in an enclosed area to protect your fishing rods from the elements such as sun and rain, and it's also going to have a little bit more space on the inside. Once you get all of your rods loaded, you can even get some fishing nets in there or other cargo that goes along with your rods.You can see how our thick rubber right here molds to the shape of our fishing poles. Really make sure to have a good hold on them.
These are very similar to the ski and snowboard carriers you see on the market where they have the rubber and it closes down on top of them. Basically what Yakima did, they wanted to make sure that this had a good hold of your fishing poles, so they made the rubber just a little bit thicker to make sure it really compresses down and gets a great hold on them. With those ski and snowboard carriers, the rubber is not as thick, because the skis and snowboards are a lot thicker so it needs to be able to close.The clamps are going to have these rubber pads that are going to help protect your roof rack from any type of scratches or abrasions. And you can see back here that rubber is also molding to the thicker handles on the backs of our rods. And when you're ready to load them up, you can see as I pull it down how it compresses onto our fishing poles with that thick rubber it's going to help make sure it doesn't harm or s
19 ноя 2019
