Here's your answer. I asked my mom, who has been sewing for the better part of 30 yrs to make some rod socks for me . Thinking that this will save money and i will be able to customize them as we go, it would be a good project. The first item we encountered was the material itself. We tried different one's but most were to heavy and really laid hard on the tip of the rod. We finally decided on a material much like the outer layer of a wind breaker jacket. This works well because its slick enough to ride over the rod guides and lite enough not to cause damage to the tip of the rod. Next was length, we solved this problem by simply making each one the same length and then sewing some velcro on the end so i could fold the end over and velcro it to length i needed. Next was the inside stitching, since i had no knowledge of this area, i left it up to moms to decide what was best. After several tries the best solution was to double stitch the inside seam. A single stitch kept getting hung up on the rod guides. The last thing was to sew some velcro to the bottom to secure it in place. After all was said and done, we spent more time, and money building these than actually ordering some. To quote my mom after all was said and done " if you want any more of these things you're gonna have to buy them" ;D ;D. It was a fun build and we actually made six of them the last ones went pretty smooth thank goodness
here's some pics of the one's made