MTI Storm Tripod

Roger Mortimore, Total Sea Fishing Magazine

Fed up with your rod rest blowing over in a gale? Then take a look at this as TSF test the new Storm Rod Rest from MTI.

The Storm rod rest is specially designed to cope with rough weather conditions. It is heavier and stronger than most standard rod rests to give stability to rods up to 18 feet. All three legs are fully telescopic, allowing you to extend the rest up to a massive 8 feet in height with increased leg spread to give maximum stability in strong side winds and heavy surf.

The telescopic legs also give instant individual leg height adjustment when fishing on uneven ground and rock ledges. Also, in calm sea conditions, by lengthening the rear leg, but shortening the front legs, you have the option of having your rod tips parallel to the sea and low to the ground for improved bite detection.

Other features include: extra-wide butt cup and rod-rest cross bars, height adjustable butt cup bar, deep rod-rest cross bar retainer legs with protective shrink tube for greater rod security, leg stabiliser bars, spare trace hanger hooks and ergonomically-shaped butt cups.

It comes in its own purpose-made holdall so it is easy to carry down to your mark. I did find setting it up a bit fiddly with having to add the cross bar and butt caps, but once assembled it is a super piece of kit, and with a 25 mph side wind I was able to get a good idea if it was up to the job. I didn’t extend the legs to their maximum length, but with the legs well spread it was still six feet to the crossbar and a 13 ft 6in rod sat very firmly in the rest.

Roger’s Ratings
Appearance 9/10
Stability 10/10
Fishing 9/10
Value for Money 9/10