cofisher wrote:
My wife is a flyfisher as well, but after all, but she's still a woman ... clean, clean, clean. I paid $79 for mine last week at Cabelas. Many of my vintage rods also don't come with tubes, but when I have a few extra bucks, I buy tubes to put them in. (I'm clumsy and walk on the rods when they are not off the floor. If you look at my initial post, I put several rods in socks in one opening until I get a tube.
AG, what is the rod and reel carrier you are talking about?
I wouldn't go to Sportsman's Warehouse looking for much of anything right now. Most are running their shelves bare while they wait for the new/old owner to decide what they are going to do.
I too buy rod tubes for vintage rods that come without them. I found one source that has both black tubes and silver tubes. I have been buying the black tubes for fiberglass rods and the silver tubes for bamboo rods. I need to order a few for some of the nicer rods I added over the winter.
This is the rod and reel carrier that I am talking about:
http://www.Orvis.com/store/productchoice.aspx?pf_id=96G0&dir_id=758&group_id=12295&cat_id=12296&subcat_id=12297I've tried the similar Sage and Cabelas cases and for me they don't work as well. I kind of like rigging up at home so that I know that my reel will fit in the reelseat of the rod. I have also been known to show up on the water with a reel case with just a spool in it. Plus if I'm launching a pontoon boat it takes me less time to gear up and I'm not blocking the launch point. On a stream I can get on the water faster rather than stand in the parking lot rigging up.
Sorry, I guess it is only this wall rack that is on sale at Cabelas:
http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templ. .. hasJS=trueI have this rack and it works very well for drying rods for a couple of days after fishing them. I just don't have room for it in the garage in the new place. I might be able to put in on the wall in the spare bedroom where I am storing my rods though.
I knew that something was up at Sportsman's Warehouse because they haven't restocked all winter. I remember seeing some rod racks there, but I didn't pay much attention because they were not for fly rods. But if I am going to store some rods without cases, they would probably work. I think that the Alaska SW stores are some that SW is keeping and will continue operating. So when everything settles down they will probably start stocking them again.