Easy and Effective upgrades for Hobie Kayaks - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

Joe11 · 01-21-2008, 06:40 PM

One of the other things that I did was to make the rod holders actually usable on my Adventure. I had some 1 1/2" PVC in the garage. I cut it down to approximately 14" lengths, used a dremmel to slice 8 cuts approximately 6" up from the bottom parallel to the centerline of the pipe and sanded the ends down so there were no sharp edges. I put the end with the slices into the molded rod holder for rod holder extensions. They fit good and snug without going quite all the way to the bottom of the molded in rod holder. I picked up some black spray paint specifically for plastic and they look like they are supposed to be there and work great.

01-21-2008, 06:40 PM	#9
Joe11 Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Riverside County Posts: 30	One of the other things that I did was to make the rod holders actually usable on my Adventure. I had some 1 1/2" PVC in the garage. I cut it down to approximately 14" lengths, used a dremmel to slice 8 cuts approximately 6" up from the bottom parallel to the centerline of the pipe and sanded the ends down so there were no sharp edges. I put the end with the slices into the molded rod holder for rod holder extensions. They fit good and snug without going quite all the way to the bottom of the molded in rod holder. I picked up some black spray paint specifically for plastic and they look like they are supposed to be there and work great.