Quote Originally Posted by Southern Young Gun View Post
Stumphunter, parallel is close to the water, compared to the picture in the link above. Being a foot and a half from the water is close comapred to a 14' rod sitting at a 45 degree angle off the side. Sorry for the confusion, I don't run mine touching the water, I like them to be about a foot above so if a little wake or another boat comes by my rods don't slap the water.
I have not looked at the link "yet" and thought that may be the case, have seen some sticking up in the air and don't care for that either. Some like them almost on the water and I don't care for that either. Some are so set on their way of running their rods that they are like my dad was in that they are set in their ways, nothing wrong with none of the setups once you get use to fishing them that way. Just wanting to let everyone know that there is no perfect setup, just need to find what works for them.