Homemade Fly Rod Vault

The rod vault is horrible for the price.

Homemade fly rod vault.

To build this rod holder you ll need a ten foot piece of 2 inch diameter schedule 40 pvc pipe that will serve as the outer shell though you can easily make a longer version for switch spey or euro nymphing rods by adding another piece of pipe using a coupler. Whether you fly fish a 2wt on small creeks for brook trout a 14 9wt for steelhead or atlantic. This guide will serve as a how to for both a diy rod vault and a rod holster that i pieced together last summer to carry some of my smaller rods. A diy rod vault is inexpensive to produce and can be as custom as you need it to be.

So i decided to design a rod vault that would look good and hold. Foam pipe insulation serves to protect the rod but isn t totally necessary. This is a subreddit for anglers who pursue or wish to pursue their favorite fish on fly rods. I put lots of miles on mine and all three rods have abrasions on the high points even with the pvc liner.

I have a denver outfitters 3 rod vault that ive been using for years and love the convince and safety of my rods it gives. Whether you fly fish a 2wt on small creeks for brook trout a 14 9wt for steelhead or atlantic salmon or tarpon on a 12wt. This is a subreddit for anglers who pursue or wish to pursue their favorite fish on fly rods. I was able to scotchbrite the failed finish off and refinish the rods.

How to build a fly rod vault i recently decided to build a new rod vault for my 10 euro rods. A fishing rod vault is a tubular roof top storage container preferably lockable that allows the rod to be stored fully assembled with reel and tackle. I had two rods that had their gloss finish bubble completely off from storing a rod in a pvc rod tube that was homemade. My parts list for 2 rod vaults are as follows.

I knew that i wanted a vault to store 4 rods total 2 single hand and 2 double hand spey rods. Since then i know there have been changes made in pvc formulations so i don t know if this may happen with some rods or not. Your contributions and questions will be welcomed and appreciated. However it will only hold 9 rods.