Fishing rods.

hi jodie0075
when i travel my rods go into pvc pipe with screw ends on them then a small padlock to keep the honest people out cheers bill

Yep,

If I'm going fishing seriously, a 100mm PVC pipe with reinforced ends holds my range of rods. The "bazooka" ends are lockable which secures the rods from the opportunist thief.

If I'm only taking a couple, they are usually mounted inside the vehicle, along the roof lining and attached to the grab handles fore & aft with velcro straps.

Bill.

I to carry mine in a 100mm pvc tube, but I've got this theory that if you put a lock on something people will want to know whats in it (for Them). So all I've done is put a cheapo water tap off a 20 litre type plastic water drum on one of the end so that people think that its a water tank. And I keep them in home made calico rod bags to stop abrasion and I also cut some foam/sponge for the ends to custion any movment.

Swampy

G'day Jodie,

Why carry the weight of stormwater pipe if you don't need to?

I place my two-piece fishing rods in separate long, thin middleweight polycotton bags my wife made up on her fancy sewing machine. She even attached some tie strings at one end!

I use a short length of bungee cord to hang each rod inside the canopy roof ie: from the internal frame. I find the bungee cord better than velcro as it _Affordable_Storage_Drawers.aspx up tight to minimise vibration. I have just finished stowing my dune flagpole and long-handled shoevel in the canopy and out of the way using the same method.

Catch a bigun !
Netnut

I bought for $10 from an art supply store an folio tube. Is extendable to fit what ever size rods you have. I attach mine to the cargo barrier in with rock straps. the tube only weights a 100-200 grams so is very light.

Hi Jodie,
I use the PVC pipe with one end glued. The other end has a small padlock (back of car). I have lined the inside of the pipe with indoor/outdoor carpet and each end with foam. Bloody fiddly to glue in place but works well. I also put my rods in extra thick cloth rod bags inside the pipe. I haven't had any damage this way and carry both spinning and fly rods together. I have one fly rod that is worth over $600 so I like to protect my investment. Having snapped a couple of rods that were stored inside the car some years back I am not keen to do that again. I was not a happy camper when I got to my fishing spot to find both of my rods converted from 2 piece to 3 piece. My language was somewhat bluer than the water.

Rgds