I've been impressed with the socks I've purchased from Clear Creek Fishing Gear.

Wonderful customer service and their rod tubes are as stout as they come as well. I believe they are based out of Iowa.

Always rinsed my saltwater rods after fishing but never thought to wash the socks. Good advice, thanks.

Another vote for copperjohn. I've also used Fly Rod Crafters. Great quality and service from both.

I also sew my own and I am terrible at sewing. It is pretty easy to make a nice looking rod sock using nicer material and extremely easy to make an ugly but fully functional one (which is most of the ones I make). You can make them for pennies and any size you want. Thrift store pillow cases are excellent to start with as they are already half way done. I also use dollar tree scarfs when I need a longer sock for two piece rods.

I also like John Fleishers (calljmf) rod socks on EBay , he use to offer quite a few fabric patterns , but now at least for the moment , he does only the green flannel fabric that we see in the current auctions , regardless , I find them to be a very nice quality , fair price , and great all around , at least for my needs…

rukshandmadenw is another eBay vendor that does nice work. They made me a lovely flap-and-tie bag for a Fenwick FS70-4, and a plain but pleasing straight-pull sock for a Phillipson EF96, after Rick’s Rods seamstress retired. No affiliation, just a happy customer.

Even though I've made more than a few of my own and purchased socks from other sellers, I'm not a fan of heavy duck for rod socks which is what some makers offer.

Because I was lazy and didn't have the fabric, I recently purchased a custom rod bag from an eBay seller named rukshandmadenw for a bait casting rod.

The particular rod I was having this sock made for was coming from Japan so I couldn't provide him the dimensions he wanted when I purchased it and he wouldn't make it until I did. He put it in back order status.

End result, when the rod arrived and I later received the rod sock, it was perfect and the fabric is light weight and the color I wanted.

You should have eBay transaction information for the last two years. The contact information should be there.

That said, eBay sellers come and go. It is up to the seller to make themselves available to customers. If they choose not to, then find another seller.


Tom

As Tom suggested, I had reached out to copperjohn thru eBay, using previous transaction hx, a couple months ago and haven’t heard back.

Your current curtain material will make excellent rod bags.

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