Slippery Shaft.........................(Sand scoop shaft you perv haha)

[bigscoop]

I've recently transitioned from wet sand to shallow water and surf hunting and discovered a new problem. I have a Stealth 720i with a wooden handle from Lowes that I covered with rattle can clear coat. The scoop/wooden shaft is an absolute dream on the wet sand but in the water when my hands are wet, it's slippery...very slippery.

Has anyone wrapped their shaft with a grip tape or similar material?

Try a pair of good kayakers gloves.....that's what use, prevents slipping and blisters.

[rc2125]

Have since started slicing the re-grips in half, with a razor, very carefully, it's a lil trickier to install sometimes, as to not have an accidental collapse, but if one partially closes, you can still just splash some water on and slide in place. Further placement adjusting can somewhat easily be done using an air compressor blow nozzle with higher pressure, like removing hand grips from handle bars/etc, again adding water if needed. I like placing the halves now, one low, over the scoop tube end, one about 2/3's up from scoop (I don't use handles) and one up top about an inch shy of end. OH, for who asked, i just use duck brand neon duct tape for the yellow, or sometimes orange now, on coil/etc.

[LawrencetheMDer]

I went through 4 or 5 wood handles on my various scoops, including 2 Stealth 920i, over the last 6-7 yrs; breaking them (and sometimes the scoop) in short order and eventually settled on a carbon-fiber handle and so far my first and only one has lasted 4 yrs in the rocky shores...I wish I could say the same for the scoops...

[mike b]

Look these up, I think they have a lifetime warranty, I have one of each and reuse them as I wear out the wooden handle. They fit a range of shaft diameters.
Raptor Pull Handle
RAPTOR PULL HANDLE

Raptor Guide Handle
RAPTOR GUIDE HANDLE