Rod rests for wooden platforms....

[Liphook]

Good work BB! Can you tell me the make of that thread you have used please?

[Silfield]

They look great BB, are you planning a test drive soon?
Not fished many places with platforms yet but when encountered I have an extra long extending bank stick that pokes in front or to the side of the platform, with a bag or jacket to lift the butt off the deck. Usually a bit of a suck it and see situation, a far cry from your solution

[BoltonBullfinch]

Good work BB! Can you tell me the make of that thread you have used please?

There are two threads on the rests, both VS have a black thread that I got from the dark side on a spool of about 2000mts, I think it's d grade.
The thread on the bottom of the Vs and the bamboo is a green thread I also got on a bulk spool also from the unmentionable site, it's much heavier than the black thread.
I can show you if we ever do the Bitterling soiree.

Thanks
BB

[BoltonBullfinch]

These are the threads used.

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Thanks
BB

[Liphook]

Thanks for the photos BB. Looking via my phone screen it looked like a flecked thread but I can see now it was an illusion! I'd love to meet up and try for a bitterling Maybe once we're into summer proper?

[Fred]

A very nice idea BB, and infinitely adjustable.

[BoltonBullfinch]

A very nice idea BB, and infinitely adjustable.

This pair are not adjustable Fred, but the next set I make will be adjustable. I just need to use these a few time to see how I will approach the mk2 set.

Thanks
BB

[Duckett]

I bought a set of "over / under" pole rests, I extended them and fitted them to my recliner chair. The are used "up" and have been working a treat for a few years now. As long as you take your chair you always have your wooden platform rests available.

Thanks for the suggestion John. Helen and I sometimes share a platform, making any rod rest almost impossible! I ordered 2 sets that arrived today and the are a great solution. All I needed to do was glue some 1mm cork (I use it for model railway track bed) inside the hole from the seat frame - they where about half a mm too wide for the frames of our Fox chairs.

Cheers,

Phil

[Aitch]

Most of the Billericay fisheries have platforms, so I use an extending rest on the front leg of my chair and another rest like Duckett's for the butt of the rod... works very well

[Fred]

A very nice idea BB, and infinitely adjustable.

This pair are not adjustable Fred, but the next set I make will be adjustable. I just need to use these a few time to see how I will approach the mk2 set.

Thanks
BB

I was thinking that they were adjustable front to back (the distance between them) but the Mk2 could be good.