Traxstech and vector downriggers

[Rodm]

Hi all,

Do to a last minute change, Jeff Miller the owner of Traxstech hosted the presentation at the last SU IL meeting. I've liked the Traxstech stuff I've seen and used over the years and have been considering re-rigging to a track system. Listing to Jeff talk about the effort and design that goes into every product and having all the parts and pieces you usually only see in a picture there to check out was impressive.

There was plenty of interest and questions about the Vector riggers. Some of this may be old news, but here it is.

Unlike the original IL based Vector, Nature Vision jobbed out all the manufacturing and had done a good deal of "value engineering" that compromised the quality of the product. With no manufacturing facilities part of the purchase, tooling up for production had to be done from scratch. Considering the cost involved, reversing the "value engineering" needed to be done first, incorporating the best of their product features too. At that point, taking the extra time to add some additional features seemed the way to go. It's taken some time and it sound like they will be worth the wait. The list of what's been changed or improved is too long to try to list. Big changes include a keypad w/ digital depth counter, adjustable auto stop and some jigging and other features similar to those popular on a competitors product. Keeping them relatively affordable is a main goal too. No release date yet, but soon after the boat show season is over we should start to hear more about them.

They'll be at the Chicagoland Musky show this weekend.

[Nailer]

Thanks for the update Rod.

[AHAB KS1]

Another point of interest that came from Jeffs' presentation is a gimbel on the bottom of all Traxstech rod holders. It is also adjustable in 30 degree increments to help align the angle of the line entering the water with the rod guides. You will need a long allen wrench to reach the bottom of the holder and is available from Taxstech.

[Priority1]

Another point of interest that came from Jeffs' presentation is a gimbel on the bottom of all Traxstech rod holders. It is also adjustable in 30 degree increments to help align the angle of the line entering the water with the rod guides. You will need a long allen wrench to reach the bottom of the holder and is available from Taxstech.

Don't buy long allen wrenches because allen wrenches fit nicely into the same size socket wrench. Cut off an old allen wrench and put it in the appropriate socket and use a standard socket extension. Once they are set they don't need changing.