Just finished putting the paint job and finish on it.

Man that is really sweet, I love that color. After all was said and done how much do you figure you invested in the crate?

I think it was right at $50 including the beer. I already had the heat gun that is needed. The clips cost me another $20.

I tried the "Coil and Boil" method with the same universal trimmer line and it did not come out half as nice. I wrapped it extremely tight and neat. I used a piece of PVC pipe. Do you think that using wood does something different when it has hot water on it compared to pvc?

Here is a link to make a rod leash. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwGAkC4o_xY
The trick to getting a good tight coil is the reversing the wrap after the cooling of the line.

Is that from the palmetto kayak fishing website?

Dude, Thanks for posting this. I bought all my clamps and clips and have been looking for old spiral cords in my house forever like two weeks now. lol. The line from the weedwacker is a great idea. And I could not find that box on targets website or in the store anywhere!!! I ended up buying the Black pak from yak attack!

Yes sir, the links to both projects are at the bottom of my original post.

Yeah, he has got some great step by step DIY builds