headed to the hardware store. fishing rod storage.

[Darth-Baiter]

I think my wife would be less annoyed at my burgeoning fishing rod combo inventory if I kept them stored neatly.  I have an idea in my mind for a cheap and easy vertical rod rack.  I have very little free wall space in my garage, but the wheels in my brain are turning.  oh-o.

 

I'm gonna spend my lunch time at the hardware store.  I think some 2x4's and a fistful of those plastic coated utility hooks...

 

may I see your rod storage solution?

[MN Fisher]

 

1/2" x6" Sandalwood I had laying around, cut to 4" and 2" wide.

Drilled holes in 4" piece, brass screw hooks in 2" piece

Some 1/2"x1/2" attached to the back for the 'mounting brackets'.

Stained with oil based, sealed with polyurethane.

 

Works equally well when attached to a ceiling.

[Jig Man]

I don’t have pics but my neighbor across the street stores his on the ceiling in his garage.

[Darth-Baiter]

NICE!!

[dodgeguy]

I was always told they should be straight up and down vertical so they don't take a set.

[Fishlegs]

I don't have a picture, but I use the type of hooks you referred to for my rod storage. I hung them horizontally because of space constraints. They're screwed directly into the studs in the wall in my garage. Three hooks per row seems to support the rods pretty well.

[MidwestBassAttack]

This is why I absolutely love my neighborhood mom and pop hardware store. It’s an Ace franchise but the owner keeps an aisle of fishing tackle….and I mean the good stuff. Missile Bait D-Bombs, Yamamoto, Zoom, and Crème. P-Line, Power Pro, Seaguar (including Tatsu).

 

Ive fished with him a few times and he is a bass head like me. Think I even saw a few Falcon Cara’s in inventory (behind the counter) ???

 

 

Nice project by the way!!!!! I need to do something similar for my truck bed to keep the rods off the floor of the bed.

[Darth-Baiter]

got this done between work meetings.  skipped actual food for lunch.  haha.

 

(I could use some fasting if I'm being honest).

 

tada.  cost me $20 since I had scrap wood laying around.  looks like I have room for two more combos!!  my mountain bike is about a foot from the rods.  plenty of space to reach over.

 

 

[MN Fisher]

Looks really good for a 'quickie'.

[OG Crankster]

1 hour ago, MidwestBassAttack said:

This is why I absolutely love my neighborhood mom and pop hardware store. It’s an Ace franchise but the owner keeps an aisle of fishing tackle….and I mean the good stuff. Missile Bait D-Bombs, Yamamoto, Zoom, and Crème. P-Line, Power Pro, Seaguar (including Tatsu).

 

Ive fished with him a few times and he is a bass head like me. Think I even saw a few Falcon Cara’s in inventory (behind the counter) ???

 

 

Nice project by the way!!!!! I need to do something similar for my truck bed to keep the rods off the floor of the bed.

Which Ace? Im in the SW burbs too.

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3 hours ago, dodgeguy said:

I was always told they should be straight up and down vertical so they don't take a set.

 

Support them from the balance point. I have my surf rods on the garage ceiling on 1x4, and the tip is held down by a 1x2 which barely applies any force at all.

 

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2 hours ago, Darth-Baiter said:

got this done between work meetings.  skipped actual food for lunch.  haha.

 

(I could use some fasting if I'm being honest).

 

tada.  cost me $20 since I had scrap wood laying around.  looks like I have room for two more combos!!  my mountain bike is about a foot from the rods.  plenty of space to reach over.

 

 

So you are shredding trails while the wife pedals to the coffee shop in the retro mixte? 

[flyfisher]

https://www.sierra.com/rush-creek-creations-driftwood-rod-rack-3625x1475~p~94jnp/?filterString=fishing~d~14%2F

 

I have one pf these and it does a nice job and takes up very little real estate in teh garage.

 

[Darth-Baiter]

1 hour ago, Deleted account said:

So you are shredding trails while the wife pedals to the coffee shop in the retro mixte? 

good eye!!

[Eric 26]

Here’s my two options, the store bought sets are field & stream which they no longer make ? and are absolutely perfect. I tried finding the upper holders online but cannot find them. The pvc version I made from scrap 1-1/2” pvc picked from a dumpster, the 1 x 6 came from some scrap door jambs I had laying around. My only cost was the machine screws holding the pvc to the boards. 

 

 

[T-Billy]

11 more on the deck of the boat, and another on the way. Fargin monkey.

[bulldog1935]

No offense @T-Billy

Leaning rods drives me crazy. 

I like these portable stands with carry handle to take on this annual winter trip. 

Rods leaning on chairs and the cleaning stand can be a nemesis when you're trying to be stealthy to keep the schoolies visiting your dock light - they have many to choose. 

[Darth-Baiter]

Leaning rods was making my wife nuts.  I would always lean them against something she needed to get at.
 

t-billy, that is a lot of rods!   Wow.   Almost gives me anxiety. Haha.  

[T-Billy]

4 hours ago, Darth-Baiter said:

t-billy, that is a lot of rods!   Wow.   Almost gives me anxiety. Haha.  

Ha!!! It DOES give me anxiety!!! LOL.  Years of accumulation. I gave a bunch to my grandkids last year, and was down to 36 I think. Then I went on my Ark buying bender. The Essence I bought yesterday puts me back at 54 I believe. I'm hopeless. My wife fishes with me though, and we fish for several species. There's a couple dozen in regular rotation. We just moved in may, I'll build a rod rack sometime this winter for those that get used.

5 hours ago, bulldog1935 said:

No offense @T-Billy

Leaning rods drives me crazy. 

None taken my friend. I know I'm a disorganized mess. I'm not in denial, I just don't particularly care!!! ?