rod holders

[superfly]

I use the Attwood holders because they are readily available at Walmart, however I have a dilemma now. I need to purchase some left threaded holders for the left side of my boat. I cant seem to find any left threaded stems made by Attwood. Can anyone give me a lead on where to get some maybe of another brand at a reasonable price. I need 6. Some of those things are really high priced. Thanks in advance.

[SeaRay]

OK I am totally lost on what you are asking. All my rod holder are right hand threads, but the base is mounted using screws into the gunnel. Are you using the Attwood metal holders that look like the Driftmasters?
Both sides screw in the same way and lock down using a wing nut.

[superfly]

Yes SeaRay, I'm using the wire holders like the drift masters. I just have them mounted thru a hole drilled thru angle iron. I put a nut on top and the wing nut on the bottom. When I get a large fish or hung up my rods tend to turn under the load. left handed threads will cure this problem.

[SeaRay]

OK here is a possible solution. I had mine mounted through Angle iron on my previous boat. To prevent possible loss due to vibration while trailering I put a nylon locknut on the bottom and I got some Plastic Knobs from Lowes for the top. These gave me a lot more torque over a wing nut and I could tighten enough by hand that it was almost impossible for it to twist, certainly not from a big fish hitting.



This is what they looked like. Real handy to readjust with the big knob to loosen and tighten with needing pliers or wrench.

[Cray]

One of the sponsors on here and I think it is Yadkinguide sells the drift master with left hand threads. They are the only ones I know of with the left hand thread you need. Might send him a PM.

[skeetbum]

Another cheap solution is to just put 2 drop forged wrenches(mine is from india) to lock the nuts in place in the boat and leave em there. About a buck each at the flea market and mine hasn't rusted in the 3 or 4 years it has been in my boat. Steel wing nuts work good in theory but mine didn't lock down near tight enough.

[sinkermaker]

Go to the drift master Webb site they are the only ones that I know that offer left hand threads. A good place to get them is at Monks crappie out of North Carolina

[tenncrappie]

I use Spyderlok. They are on the member classified and the people are great to deal with. You can call and talk to a person and tell them what your looking for. In my opinion they are second to none.

[armyman]

I use the Attwood holders because they are readily available at Walmart, however I have a dilemma now. I need to purchase some left threaded holders for the left side of my boat. I cant seem to find any left threaded stems made by Attwood. Can anyone give me a lead on where to get some maybe of another brand at a reasonable price. I need 6. Some of those things are really high priced. Thanks in advance.

I have the Attwood holders, also. I put a stainless steel flat washer and lock washer and tighten the locknut w/ pliers after I get them adjusted where I want them. No fish that I catch will move that holder.

[superfly]

Thanks for the reply. I will definitely give that stainless washer and lock washer a try. that's probably the cheapest and most simple solution to start with. If it doesn't work I'll try some of the other suggestions.