[QUOTE=CrappiePappy;3579335]Just a word of caution : if you intend to pick your rods up out of the holders between the O & U of your brackets, when setting the hook, you might want to consider turning those bolts around or using shorter ones .... otherwise you're possibly going to have some skinned up knuckles.
I say that because I fished out of a friends boat, with rod holders of a similar design, and quickly learned that I'd either get my knuckles scratched on the bolt head in the cradle of the holder (if I picked the rod up there) or get my inner wrist poked if I reached over the U forks of the front of the holder. Both places were rubber coated, when new, but the coating had worn away or had been torn off from years of use ... leaving bare metal ends. That was one reason why I opted for Hi-Tek rod holders when I decided to purchase rod holders for my own boat ... and I even replaced the bolt that holds the holders onto the T-bar with knobs (and ran them from under the T-bar, rather than in the cradle of the holder, as shown in the picture.



Thanks for the heads up! Was already planning on cutting those bolts down and putting rubber caps on them. Thanks for the info.




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