Rod tube rack
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Re: Rod tube rack
#41Mine isn't anywhere near as pretty as everyone else's but does the job. It just sits in the basement since my manroom isn't anywhere near finished (nor started, for that matter). A hole saw, few sheets of MDF and some 2x2s made it work. This is just a template for the final one when I need a display model.
My trick for expansion was dually planned and inadvertent. I over-ordered from Landmark a number of tubes so they are effectively just space fillers, and if anyone asks, "don't worry most of them are empty." Though they are filling, no one will ever know
The others simply don't fit. Those little 1-5/8" diameter tubes take up a lot less space than the nylon-covered PVC tubes that don't fit even in the 2-1/4" holes so there is a substantial stack next to the rack. Plus the empties that I bought in bulk from a local big box fly shop (turns out most folks who buy a fly rod don't even ask for its tube, they just take it off the rack and walk away). It's kind of absurd. I don't want to know how many empty tubes there are, nor get an exact count on the rods.
This is what it looked like 2 years ago when it was fresh and new and still pretty empty.
My trick for expansion was dually planned and inadvertent. I over-ordered from Landmark a number of tubes so they are effectively just space fillers, and if anyone asks, "don't worry most of them are empty." Though they are filling, no one will ever know
The others simply don't fit. Those little 1-5/8" diameter tubes take up a lot less space than the nylon-covered PVC tubes that don't fit even in the 2-1/4" holes so there is a substantial stack next to the rack. Plus the empties that I bought in bulk from a local big box fly shop (turns out most folks who buy a fly rod don't even ask for its tube, they just take it off the rack and walk away). It's kind of absurd. I don't want to know how many empty tubes there are, nor get an exact count on the rods.
This is what it looked like 2 years ago when it was fresh and new and still pretty empty.
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Re: Rod tube rack
#43So, mine is more 'utilitarian', and much less aesthetically pleasing. I bought a blueprint rack from Amazon - it has 20 slots, each slot is 2-3/4 square. Some of the smaller, skinnier tubes can be doubled up. Has wheels, so its mobile, and that was a compromise with someone else that lives here. I didn't search extensively for one with smaller slots, but it might exist. Things seem pretty stable, but it looks like I actually need more than 20 slots.
Re: Rod tube rack
#44I've posted this here, before. Got the pattern and advice on the build from fellow member,aged_sage. The slots in the two end holes are for strung rods that I might be working on.
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Re: Rod tube rack
#45Really nice rack. I noticed that ceiling fan though. I would never, ever recommend a ceiling fan in a rod room.
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Re: Rod tube rack
#48This is exactly what i need when i build my office/fishing room next year. That looks great.
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Re: Rod tube rack
#49I use something like the one JMQ4 posted - an old map rack that was being tossed from work when we moved to digital maps. It was intended to hold about 60 rolled 4' x 4' maps vertically. I'd show a picture of mine, but it entirely too self-indulgent.
Here's a smaller, close approximation that I found on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000KNDL8K/re ... UTF8&psc=1
I took a bunch of small diameter tubing that has a split length-wise and covered the wire mesh so that it didn't mess up my rod tubes.
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Here's a smaller, close approximation that I found on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000KNDL8K/re ... UTF8&psc=1
I took a bunch of small diameter tubing that has a split length-wise and covered the wire mesh so that it didn't mess up my rod tubes.
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Re: Rod tube rack
#50Jack stored reels similar to above - in a single layer flat against the wall:
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#51Behind the scenes at the American museum of Fly Fishing
" There's no such thing as a fly fisherman wholly satisfied with his casting performance. " ~ Jim Green (1971)
" Just once I wish a trout would wink at me. " ~ Brian Shaffer
You either like cane fly rods - or you don't.
" Just once I wish a trout would wink at me. " ~ Brian Shaffer
You either like cane fly rods - or you don't.
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#54Staring at section 2C - it hit me - this IS a very large rack.
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" There's no such thing as a fly fisherman wholly satisfied with his casting performance. " ~ Jim Green (1971)
" Just once I wish a trout would wink at me. " ~ Brian Shaffer
You either like cane fly rods - or you don't.
" Just once I wish a trout would wink at me. " ~ Brian Shaffer
You either like cane fly rods - or you don't.
Re: Rod tube rack
#55Oh man would it be fun to peruse that rack. “Hmmmmmm, let’s give this one a cast . . . And that one next . . . .then that one . . And that one . . .”
I bet you could be there all day
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I bet you could be there all day
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