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<blockquote data-quote="FadingLikeDecay" data-source="post: 2832926" data-attributes="member: 28212">Just to be clear, yes I will be holding the float rod almost exclusively and only using the support for when I need to put the rod down whereas the feeder rod would be on the support constantly.I understand the thoughts behind the recommendation and will give it some thought. Knowing the ground conditions up here, once you get through the topsoil, it turns to clay which I've never found any issue pushing into.I've see some photo's of platforms with tubes bolted onto the edge which I assume is for banksticks to be placed within, I assume this is what you mean and not directly into the water which of course would be one hell of a long bankstick. The platforms on my local commercial don't have such tubes and the planks are covered in a galvanised mesh so most options for rod support there would be surface or seatbox/chair-mountedThats an interesting option, I presume the pointy end of the bankstick just floats below the main tube of the tripod and is secured via a turn-screw? I would think any old tripod could be used so long as it has a large enough diameter tube for the bankstick to fit into.I did consider that after seeing one of [USER=21343]@Arry[/USER]'s recent photo's and he told me about the universal brackets that can be picked up from Amazon. I did just that however I wasn't too impressed with the one I received; it would probably do a job but the OCD in me dislikes that it doesn't give true 90° aligment (its just cheap Chinese rubbish tbh) and after further thought, I decided that I would prefer to keep the support independant of a chair incase me moving imparts movement/vibration into a rod, so the bracket is being sent back.Thanks for the thoughts as always.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="FadingLikeDecay, post: 2832926, member: 28212"] Just to be clear, yes I will be holding the float rod almost exclusively and only using the support for when I need to put the rod down whereas the feeder rod would be on the support constantly. I understand the thoughts behind the recommendation and will give it some thought. Knowing the ground conditions up here, once you get through the topsoil, it turns to clay which I've never found any issue pushing into. I've see some photo's of platforms with tubes bolted onto the edge which I assume is for banksticks to be placed within, I assume this is what you mean and not directly into the water which of course would be one hell of a long bankstick. The platforms on my local commercial don't have such tubes and the planks are covered in a galvanised mesh so most options for rod support there would be surface or seatbox/chair-mounted Thats an interesting option, I presume the pointy end of the bankstick just floats below the main tube of the tripod and is secured via a turn-screw? I would think any old tripod could be used so long as it has a large enough diameter tube for the bankstick to fit into. I did consider that after seeing one of [USER=21343]@Arry[/USER]'s recent photo's and he told me about the universal brackets that can be picked up from Amazon. I did just that however I wasn't too impressed with the one I received; it would probably do a job but the OCD in me dislikes that it doesn't give true 90° aligment (its just cheap Chinese rubbish tbh) and after further thought, I decided that I would prefer to keep the support independant of a chair incase me moving imparts movement/vibration into a rod, so the bracket is being sent back. Thanks for the thoughts as always. [/QUOTE]

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