High capacity DIY rod rack ideas anyone?

[MichaelAngelo]

Growing tired of leaning all my rods into one corner...

Anybody have any ideas?

Would be cool if I could find a slotted material like this...

[MuskieBait]

With the number of rods that you have, that's not even a good solution at all. How many of those would you need? And how many walls do you have?

People have those racks when they have a few rods they want to organize...but when you have over 20 rods of various sizes from 5' to 12', it's easier just to stack them in the corner or in a closet.

Another option is to use ratchet straps just under the ceiling and rest the rods over two straps...kinda like how Kazu does it in his truck.

Luckily I don't have that much of a problem...9 of my rods are multi-piece travel rods that pack down nicely in their own rod cases, rod socks or their own fly rod cases.

[MikeH]

Sounds like you need one of those circular, revolving (or not) fishing rod stands.....

   

[FrenchCarper]

I used to use a old hard drive factory case screwed into a lazy Susan. I was able to store 15-20 rods comfortably. If you have a work place, I'm sure you could make one for under 30 bucks of wood from a hardware store.

[MichaelAngelo]

(04-22-2014 11:09 AM)MuskieBait Wrote:  Another option is to use ratchet straps just under the ceiling and rest the rods over two straps...kinda like how Kazu does it in his truck.

That's actually a pretty good idea. I can think of a place I could string up some rope and just rest the rods up over a bed for extra security.

[OldTimer]

Had a fancy wall horizontal rack once, had the round vertical rack too............. key words = "had"........... they are pretty but not so much functional for both fresh and salt water gear.

Right now I use two of the larger plastic flight case tubes opened up to produce 4 tubes which rest open end up in plain old 5 gallon pails in the corner of my "fishing closet". The 4 tubes give "compartments" for sorting some of my rods into "groups" and the open space gets the rest - with perhaps 2 to 4 rods all set up with reels attached leaning in a corner (ready to go) and the real heavy pool cues set off by themselves.

I've found over time that it is not real wise to try and store all your rods all the time with reels attached. It takes more space and elevates the risk of reel damage or chipping/cracking from a fall over. I've learned that protection from UV light is a good thing and will extend the life of the finish and plastic/neoprene trim and grips on your rods and reels.

My dad had a 5 gallon bucket down south that he had drilled around the circumference at the top and laced parachute cord through in a horizontal sorta spider web fashion to store his rods vertically. Had four bricks in the bottom for weight to stop overturning. Not fancy but it did work quite well for quite a few rods (and half them were wow size 3-section salt). Probably cost him under $10.

Cheers,

OldTimer

edit: that should get yer "Red Green" approach going.................

[MichaelAngelo]

(04-22-2014 03:20 PM)OldTimer Wrote:  in the corner of my "fishing closet".

Hope that "closet" is at least a walk-in, or by "closet" do you mean spare bedroom... or two