Yeah it's horses for courses and there are plenty of spots I fish where the hands free element is important and the outback will be the go.shane wrote:Looking good Eoin and I like the future plans you have for her. Maybe have a look at some of the railblaza mounts instead of the rams to give you more options.
I took it for a little spin at SWR. It's certainly nimble but then there's not much of it to push along. I'm glad you're keeping the Outback. I can see the Stealth being good for minimalist distance trips, particularly trolling. But then there's a lot of fishing down here where the added space and versatility of the Outback would be sorely missed.
With the railblaza vs ram mounts I'm still deciding on that one. If I go ram mounts I can interchange the rod holders from the outback but if I go railblaza or Berkeley I'm buying a new set.
The flush mounts on a stealth are much smaller than hobie rod holders and smaller than most other brands of flush mount.
Standard 32mm PVC doesn't fit in. I'm pretty sure that the bolt holes on a square base ram mount will line up exactly with the flush mounts though, which would leave my rods running out parallel to the water in a 'v' from behind me. They would be out of my paddle stroke it and very easy to see bites/reach the rods.
The other option being up front on the deck in front of my toes which would be out of my paddle stroke but a stretch to grab the rod in a hurry.
Decisions decisions...
More standing looking at it required!