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Location: New Berlin,Wisconsin,53151 | I saw a pistol girb fabricated to a rod handle last night at the Milwaukee Inc meeting. Is anyone using this as it looks to be a lifesaver for ripping in double cowgirls? Are there any negatives? Someone said that there offering these the Milwaukee show, how much and does it kill a rod warranty?
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Location: Yahara River Chain | conceal carry permit
5 day wait to purchase
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Location: Mt. Zion, IL | the biggest con for me would be storage. My rods are all situated on a rod rack in the garage and it would prevent me from storing it out of the way easily. Get a new St. Croix with the new trigger. Mine are so comfortable that baits up to pounders are fished with ease and comfort. Cowgirls are a piece of cake as well with the big nasty. |
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| You could ad a Picatinny rail, to the fore-grip and just use a vertical grip from the shooting industry, easy to take on and off when needed.
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| Musky Innovations sells these at the shows. They had me try one last season. I really liked it. It takes about 15 min to get used to it. After that it really eliminates the torque on your wrist. Had no problems with hook sets or figure 8's. If you are going to throw big blades all day it really helps, cuts down on breaks and need for pain relievers.
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Location: Canada | can someone share a photograph? never saw such a thing |
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| There's a picture of one in MI's ad on page 80 of the Feb/Mar Musky Hunter |
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Location: Canada | durn dont get the Hunter, not sold local |
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| Is it the one Mike Keyes uses in keyesoutdoors 2013 i think its episode 2 ? |
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Location: New Berlin,Wisconsin,53151 | The one that Spencer had on the pole was put together with a masterful ductape job. I would think that a after market purchase would be a little more engineering friendly? I've looked for a picture but haven't been able to find anything. |
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| This one:
https://www.evike.com/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=&products_id...
and this
http://www.evike.com/products/32955/
I'm thinking something like this should do it ?
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Location: South-Central PA | Zinox, those look like they'd work great. If I were to use it, I'd put it on the reel seat and be very careful how far I tightened it.
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Location: New Berlin,Wisconsin,53151 | That's what it was like now imagine it ductaped to the rod right ahead of the front cork handle probably on a piece of aluminum wide enough to slide into the pistol grip and be screwed tight. Good idea and felt comfortable. What would the rod manufactures say in a warranty claim? I guess if it's custom your probably are schmit out of luck, but if it saves your wrist. "Run what you brung"! |
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| I would just ad it on the front grip, with a rubber plate around the cork to prevent the cork from getting messed up, think i'll try it this season, should safe the wrist quite a bit. |
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| They have a groove in the top of them that form fits exactly around the fore grip on your rod. Sorry I don't have picture all my stuff is packed away in boxes.
I attached mine with hockey tape, a lot of guys use electric tape also. Put it around the cork first to protect it. Then attach pistol grip
It reals keeps your wrists and arms from getting sore from chucking big blades all day.
Stop at the Musky Innovations booth and check them out, they have one mounted on a rod. Not sure if he will have in Ohio, but will have it at Milwaukee, Minnesota and Madison shows.
Brad said he will have them on his website shortly also.
He sells them for $35
I see no reason why they would void any warranty on rods, they are mounted at the same place you would hang on to it.
Jeff Hanson
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| Hi guys, my name is Aaron and I am currently in patent pending on a utility and design patent for a fishing rod grip. Since I am an avid muskie fisherman I have tailored my grip for all muskie rods on the market. My design has undergone stress testing to see how much stress a rod can take with a hook set and to date we have yet to break a rod. I have filed several design patents to ensure that I am protected legally and that in the end I can put out a product that will be cosmetically but more importantly astetically functional. I have currently signed off on a prototype I feel will be easy to use. I hope to have a production run done within the next 2 months in order to get them onto all fishing rods by spring... fingers crossed. I will be more than happy to post a pic as soon as the first production run is complete. My grip will be American made and have a 100% mfg warranty. Thanks for the interest. I look forward to getting this out to the market. Aaron |
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Location: New Berlin,Wisconsin,53151 | I would be interested in when these become available. The 1st week in May is opening down here so I've got a little time so post some pictures and a price. If they have them at the Milwaukee show I'll pop for a couple. |
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Location: South-Central PA | I would not recommend putting it right on the rod blank, you'll need some kind of 'cushion'. Attaching it to the fore grip is a great idea.
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| Hi guys, sorry for the delayed response @Zinox one of my 5 design patents includes a pinatinny rail molded directly into my utility patent pending bracket, which @ Jeremy is affixed directly to the foregrip of the rod, the cork foregrip is the perfect cushion for my bracket. I however, have engineered a prototype that is lighter, sturdier, and@ RyanJoz has an interchangeable handle, specifically for storage purposes. My goal was to patent and mfg. the lightest, sturdiest bracket and grip for fishing rods.... so far so good... Netman I will be more than happy to post pics as soon my first production run is finished. I am still waiting to get final production numbers back from the I.M.C. which will determine the price. My goal is to get these into your hands through distribution at a price of 19.99 to 29.99.. somewhere in that range. There is a ton of work that goes into a project like this. I am doing my best to get this on the shelves by the 1st of May. I plan on donating a pile of these to the various operational charities involving muskiefirst upon completion. Thanks again for the interst and God bless. Aaron Techlin |
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Location: New Berlin,Wisconsin,53151 | Hey Aaron,
The price sounds right and I appreciate someone who donates as I was involved with charities for 25 years and gifts are the life blood of the organizations. I'm headed to the Milwaukee Show in Febuary, hope to see you there.
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Location: Planet Meltdown | Does anyone know if Aaron got these on the market yet? |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | ROBOHANDLE builds one that is very easy to add to and remove from the rod. A clamp system keeps it secure and easy to adjust with no tape, and the material is absolutely indestructible.
It will adjust from the reel seat to anywhere on the handle and won't damage the cork. Takes about 30 seconds to install or remove.
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Location: Planet Meltdown | Hey Steve - how long have you been using yours? Which size did you get for your Legend Tourney? These could be a game changer. Starting to have issues with hand / wrist and even the new triggers on the Legend rods don't help much. |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | http://www.robohandle.com/
I have the large for my Muskie rods. I have had it in action for a few weeks now, and use the net ROBOHANDLE on the Muskie net too. Kevin is a great guy.
10 bucks isn't bad for the pistol grip, either. |
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Location: Detroit River | sworrall - 6/2/2014 11:10 AM http://www.robohandle.com/ I have the large for my Muskie rods. I have had it in action for a few weeks now, and use the net ROBOHANDLE on the Muskie net too. Kevin is a great guy. 10 bucks isn't bad for the pistol grip, either. That one looks a lot better design than the one I checked out at the Ohio show. No tape needed so that's a plus. |
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Location: Planet Meltdown | Thanks for the info. Yep $10 ain't bad at all. No tape is definitely a plus. |
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| How heavy are these grips? Seems like it would throw off the balance. |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | VERY light. Doesn't mess with rod balance at all. The thing works. |
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Location: Planet Meltdown | I got my robo grip in the mail last Friday. Had a chance to test it out on the water on Saturday. Not a big fan of the Robohandle pistol grip out of the box. It does not provide a large enough grip for me to cast big blades all day. I ended up taking it off after 30 mins. I built up the handle with electrical tape but now it weighs considerably more. I don't think this will be a big issue though and I will have a chance to test if out later this week. I'm definitely on board with the concept, I just wish this product was of a more refined design. Can't really complain though it was only $9.99. I think the tape mod will make it much more comfortable to handle. |
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| Not sure what happened to my previous post... but the jig'n rip fishing rod grip will be available Early to mid July and is being mfg. in Neenah, WI. It is bulletproof with a tapered handle that is detachable for easy rod storage, we will also be mfging detachable cork handles as well. The beauty of my grip is that there are no catch parts for line to get wrapped around and cut as the design is rounded and simple. I will post more in the next coming weeks along with a youtube link to see the grip in action. Thank you for the interest. I look forward to providing the fishing industry with a handle/ grip made for the fishing industry. I look forward to giving a little back to the sport I love as well.
Thanks again, Aaron
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