The ingenious RTD Rod Threading Device quickly and easily threads line through rod guides, saving time and providing a remedy for rod-rigging's most common headaches.

March 11, 2019 • Major League Fishing • Industry News

FORT WORTH, Texas (March 12, 2019) – Erupt Fishing’s innovative RTD Rod Threading Device, which threads line through rod guides quickly and easily, is available for purchase on the Erupt Fishing website.

“Thousands of RTDs have been sold throughout the U.S. and abroad in the short time since our launch late last year and the feedback from users has been humbling,” said Patrick Marchese, inventor of the multi-patented product. “Anglers of all skill levels, ranging from top-touring bass professionals to beginning fishermen owning their first rod and reel, are finding the tool delivers as promised in solving one of fishing’s most frustrating processes – feeding line through rod guides.”

The invention by Erupt Fishing eliminates the most common headaches associated with rigging line on a rod, including accidentally losing the end and watching the line fall out of all the guides, mistakenly running line through the guide’s frame or missing a guide altogether. RTD also helps overcome rigging hardships caused by foul weather, poor dexterity or hampered vision.

Fishing celebrity Dave Mercer and pro angler Kelly Jordon have been involved with RTD’s development from the start, but many of fishing’s best-known names are now also using the product, including television show host and tournament pro Tim Horton.

The RTD is lightweight and about the size of a 15-stick pack of chewing gum, making it handy to hold and convenient to keep in a tackle box tray. To use it, the angler attaches the end of the line to the RTD’s bobbin with just a tug to cinch and hold it; no knot is used. Then the unit’s guiding module provides a self-centering alignment over each guide as the RTD is advanced, feeding the bobbin and line through each one along the way.

RTD works with most traditional rod guides, including on casting, spinning and fly rods, and threads even the longest of rods in mere seconds. It does not work with micro guides at this time.

Every RTD comes with two interchangeable guiding modules of differing channel widths. The rod’s largest guide determines which module to use. A spare bobbin is also included in each package.

Model RTD-M features high-impact molded construction with a transparent window for viewing the line feed through the guides while rigging.

RTD is available through tackle shops and major retailers across the country and in Canada.

To watch Dave Mercer demo the RTD, click here. For more information on RTD and Erupt Fishing, visit www.EruptFishing.com.