Hobie horizontal rod holder, leashes: Any words-to-the-wise?

[Fishwhisperer619]

I doubt anyone would run into this problem but I would take out with me a penn 500 and the bolts on the reel clamp were excessively long to where it would eat up the side of the yak when in the horizontal rod holder. I usually unmount the reel and put it in a dry bag now a days, hate cleaning out salt deposits.