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John: Hey Reg!
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Reg: Hi John.
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John: How are ya?
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Reg: Very good.
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John: PERKO is a large
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manufacturer of marine hardware.
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They make a lot of the lights, cleats
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as well as rod holders and we're gonna be
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getting into that today because I want to install four of them
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on the MAKO. They come in different angles.
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You've got 90 degree angled rod holders,
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you've got 35 degree angled rod holders,
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what are they for?
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Reg: Well John we've got a 90 degree here.
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This is something you'd generally use on a console
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for rod storage where space is at a premium.
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John: Okay, so you use a 90 for storage?
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Reg: Exactly.
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John: For actual use...
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Reg: We're gonna use this 35 degree
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gunnel mount rod holder.
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John: Okay.
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Now who are some of the big manufacturers
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that make the rod holders.
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Reg: Well obviously PERKO, Rook,
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Lee and we got Taco here.
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John: Okay, you've got quite the assortment here but
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real quick let's take a look at the different
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components that make up a rod holder.
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You got the mounting flange,
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this is something that you would mount
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into a gunnel of a boat.
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And you have the tube,
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again that is at a 35 degree angle.
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You're going to have some type of a rubberized insert,
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which protects the rod a little bit.
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And then naturally you're gonna have
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some kind of a locking pin and I wanna show you this.
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Now what the locking pin is for,
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is you would take the butt
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of your fishing rod.
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Take a look at this.
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You notice that we have some notches
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in the butt of the fishing rod.
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It slides into the rod holder
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and it locks onto that pin so it can't turn.
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So when a fish is peeling that line,
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it's gonna come straight off the end of the pole.
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And... what I want to talk to you about Reg
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is these different manufacturers.
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They make these things in the different materials.
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We got metal, we got plastic
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like this one right here.
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Where would you use a plastic rod holder?
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Reg: Well plastic would be great on a aluminum boat
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or maybe a very small boat we're only using light tackle.
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John: Okay so, if you're marlin fishing
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you might not wanna use a plastic one?
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Reg: No. I'd go with something more in the
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stainless steel or bronze.
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John: There's a lot of pressure that can be generated
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when a big fish is really torquing
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on a fishing pole.
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So we've got metal. There's some different
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types of metal that's out on the market.
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We've got chrome plated zinc,
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we've got stainless steel
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and we've got chrome plated bronze.
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Is it a good, better, best situation?
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Or does it really matter?
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Reg: It matters a little bit. Your more
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expensive materials are going to stand up longer
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and be a little bit stronger.
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John: From my experience if you're gonna be freshwater boating,
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I'd go with a chrome plated zinc.
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If you're gonna be in brackish water or salt water,
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go with the stainless steel
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or go with the chrome plated bronze.
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They're gonna hold up just a little bit better.
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Let me show you something a little bit different.
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This is a surface mounted rod holder.
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A lot of people up in the Great Lakes
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in the northwest where they use downriggers,
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will use a surface mounted
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rod holder on the boat.
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You also have rod holders
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that can clamp onto a tower.
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You have rod holders
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that will clamp onto bow rails.
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Uh, something like that but again
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Reg I want to be installing them into the gunnel
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on our Mako. And what I want to talk about
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is how should I be positioning
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the rod holder?
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Should I have them all coming
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straight off the back of the boat?
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I've seen it that way. I've also seen where you have
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multiple rod holders in a line.
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Where one is coming straight off the back and the other one
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is kinda cocked out on a 45 degree. What should I do?
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Reg: Well John this boat is a little bit smaller boat
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(clears throat)
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I'd suggest you bring them out to the 45 degrees
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and point your lines out.
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John: Okay one last thing I want to talk about
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is some of these rod holders
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are going to drain right through.
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So if it rains or if you take a big wave or something like that.
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Water is gonna flow though the rod holder
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and directly out onto the deck.
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You also have rod holders that have
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some type of nipple on the bottom.
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What's this for?
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Reg: Well John, in the case where we might have
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a closed liner or maybe even foam filled.
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Water may get in there someplace where
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we don't want. This gives us an opportunity
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to put an hose on here, direct
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the water into the bilge someplace
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where it's easy to pump out.
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John: Okay you can also plug these things which is very cool.
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Now the reason I invited Reg to join us
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today is his company actually makes
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the rod holders for Mako.
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Take a look this. This is a Perko rod holder
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with a Mako emblem stamped into it.
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And you make a lot of rod holders
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for a lot of the different manufacturers, don't ya?
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Reg: Yes we do.
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John: Okay, very very cool.
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Reg: Thanks John.
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Narrator: Don't cut out! The tool shed here
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at Ship Shape TV is just getting open.
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