Rod rest problems

[S-Kippy]

As you have probably worked out I'm an ordinary angler with traditionalist tendencies and I dont own a rod pod,seat box or accessory chair.I use good old fashioned bank stick/rod rests.Perfectly fine when the banks are soft.

But....I often find myself on a wooden platform or concrete hard bank where I just cannot get a back rest in. I end up with the rod butt balanced precariously on flasks or bags...all highly unsatisfactory.I've toyed with trying to fit something to my chair but not being even remotely inclined towards the mechanical I cannot work out how to do that without compromising the chair.

I was thinking of getting a mini tri-pod.Any other suggestions ?

Skippy

[Morespiders]

Traditionalist hold thier rods Mr Skippy, no need for modern idea's.

[S-Kippy]

I am not that committed to the cause Derek. I like to sit back and be lazy too

[sagalout]

If you had a your middle toe removed you could put your foot out and rest your rod in the gap.

PS this will only work if you take your shoe and sock of, so might not be the best solution for winter fishing.

[Mark Hewitt]

Have you tried any of the accessories (feeder arms ect) that are avalible for the seatbox/platform set ups?

Depending on the chair you may find some that fit?

My local shop is very helpfull, if I were in your situation I'd take the chair in - and they would try anything in stock for me.

[ED (The ORIGINAL and REAL one)]

Carry a couple of housebricks with you ---they'd be pretty stable ......

[Alan Tyler]

You know that fluted plastic board, rather like corrugated cardboard, that estate agents' signs (ahem!) are made of?

It's often occurred to me that one could fold up a bit into something like two sides of a box plus its base, carve a V into the top and line it with lagging foam or similar, then use a bag of (fishery!) water as a weight to keep it stable.
Use two bits of stick-on velcro and you can make it fold flat.
Origami project for September?

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P.S. It also makes very lightweight boxes and perfect rig holders...

[Ray Roberts]

You could get two bi-pods with adjustable legs and join them with an adjustable bar. This would be stable and capable of accommodating most banks, hard or soft.
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Don't try to reinvent the wheel. Buy a Rod pod you tight sod, you know it makes sense.

[Peter Jacobs]

Atripod would be my advice:

Sturdy Tripod Rod Rest on eBay (end time 23-Aug-10 15:00:29 BST)

KOALA PRODUCTS Universal Adjustable Fishing XL Tripod on eBay (end time 23-Aug-10 18:55:36 BST)

fishing tripod on eBay (end time 25-Aug-10 11:42:56 BST)

There is also a chap on e-bay who makes tripods from built and split cane if you are looking for something more traditional.

[captain carrott]

i'm not convinced mini tripods are particularly traditional,

though the lengths the cane worshipers will go to to delude themselves rarely fail to surprise me.