Homemade Fly Rod Vault

A diy rod vault is inexpensive to produce and can be as custom as you need it to be.

Homemade fly rod vault.

However it will only hold 9 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 suffered from vault envy for several years. Whether you fly fish a 2wt on small creeks for brook trout a 14 9wt for steelhead or atlantic.

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. 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. I figured 2 pvc pipes would be perfect to store both styles but what really threw a wrench in the plan was the reel seat the compartment that would house the butt ends of the rod while still being able to lock it up.

I was able to scotchbrite the failed finish off and refinish the rods. Your contributions and questions will be welcomed and appreciated. 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. I knew that i wanted a vault to store 4 rods total 2 single hand and 2 double hand spey rods.

It eliminates the need to have the rod. The rod vault is horrible for the price. My parts list for 2 rod vaults are as follows. 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.

I had two rods that had their gloss finish bubble completely off from storing a rod in a pvc rod tube that was homemade. How to build a fly rod vault i recently decided to build a new rod vault for my 10 euro rods. So i decided to design a rod vault that would look good and hold. 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.