New Kayak Fishing Instruction Video: Jeff’s Rigged 2008 W Fishing Kayak
Here is Jeff McGovern’s latest contribution to the art and science of W kayak fishing -
A two minute, online guided tour of his rigged, 2008 W fishing kayak (video plus audio).
It’s a gem:
Tags: fishing kayak, kayak fisherman, kayak fishing, paddle clips, video
July 13th, 2008 at
Jeff’s video is great. I wonder how come Wavewalk didn’t produce something like it two years ago…
–Blue
July 13th, 2008 at
Well, I guess we’re kinda slow sometimes
February 22nd, 2009 at
Can I find out where Jeff got the pulley blocks for his anchoring system?
February 22nd, 2009 at
The white pulley sets I use come from Lowes. The frame is black nylon and the pulley wheel itself white nylon riding on a metal bushing. They are sold to be used on dog runs or for clothes lines. Cost is around three dollar each and I’ve had better luck with them than the more expensive metal ones. I rinse them after saltwater use. You can attached them to the carry handles using a swivel clip made of marine bronze it can be found in the same department at the store. If you’ll check out my little video on rigging I think the assembly is pretty clear.
February 27th, 2009 at
Thanks Jeff, I have been looking for pulleys like yours. I wanted to get something in nylon since I use my wavewalk in Sarasota Bay. The only ones I could find were yacht class at a boating store ($$$) or metal pulleys at various hardware outlets that looked to be heavy and likely to have corrosion issues. Thanks also for all of the other value information in your posts.
January 25th, 2010 at
What are the clips for paddles called and where did you buy them?
January 25th, 2010 at
Here are a series of shots I made of those clips a little while back for Gary Rankel, he had wondered about them too. I buy them at Wal-Mart in the bath section of the hardware department. They are over the door clothing hooks made of nylon. There are different types you want to ones that are flexible not the hard plastic. I drill them as shown then fasten a section of 3/8 inch clear tubing to the inside edge as a keeper using a strap tie. cost for a pair is under 5 dollars and they hold up for a long time. For fishing out of a W500 they make handling the paddle so much easier, in fact you can put it in or pull it out on handed.
Jeff