Fly Rod Holders

Lots of nice boats here but I don't see any with fly rod holders. I would add some flex tube material to slide the tip in and mount a holder for the rod handle on one of the ribs. Rod tip[s get broken to easily just laying around in a boat. Any body done this?

Bill

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Permalink Reply by Rick Newman on March 24, 2013 at 2:56pm

Here's a link to one variety of holder.  http://www.woodenboatpeople.com/photo/april-pictures-158?context=user I have taken pictures a several of the McKenzie River Wooden boat festival's and you can look over a wide variety of ideas. Visit my page and look through the photos. There aren't many rod holders that I have seen. Greg Hatten has a holder in his boat.

Rick Newman

Permalink Reply by Andrew on March 24, 2013 at 7:19pm

I put my anchor rope in a piece of grey electrical conduit to keep it from tying up the rear fisherman. I plan on doing the same with my rod holders.  They will go through the rowers bench and the to the rear. In the front of the boat I will mount a rod holder to the rod near the handle. 

I like to carry several rods to I will probably do 4 or 5.

Permalink Reply by mlwebb on March 24, 2013 at 9:04pm

I have wondered about this too,

but alas, my rod is longer than my boat :(

Michael

Permalink Reply by Josh Wieschowski on March 25, 2013 at 1:12pm

I plan to do the same thing except I will case my tubes in wood to dress it up a bit. Ill make room for 4 rods. Im sure it will be a fun project! Ill probably make two actually, one for each side of the boat that hold two rods each. The foam pipe insulation would work good and its soft and easy on the rods when you take them in and out, which is smart considering two rods can cost as much as the materials for building the whole boat, depending on your taste!

Permalink Reply by Dave Z on March 26, 2013 at 10:02am

Now that's just bragging mike!  haha. 

Permalink Reply by Greg Max on March 25, 2013 at 1:21pm

Boulder Boat Works makes a really sharp wood fly rod holder for their boats.  No tubes.  Look it up on their site.  I think those would look really good on a wood boat.

Greg

Permalink Reply by Bill Craig on March 25, 2013 at 3:01pm

I'm building a Don Hill boat now and want to include rod holders. I have a flats boat in FL with rod holders that use PVC tubes to protect the tips and small bungee cord to secure the handle. The rods don't bounce around when traveling and are protected from boat rash. A similar rig is desirable on my drifter. If the rods are not held securely, bouncing around in wood or some hard material can eat them. Next thing you know, you have a broken rod.

Bill

Permalink Reply by Josh Wieschowski on March 25, 2013 at 3:40pm

Exactly, thats why Im using the pipe insulation inside of the boxes!

Permalink Reply by Dave Z on March 25, 2013 at 3:40pm

I have them in three of my boats.  pvc tubes fore and aft.  It is common for us to carry 6 or more rigged rods in a day.

Permalink Reply by AJ DeRosa on March 26, 2013 at 3:55pm
I have used PVC pipe in my boats since the early 80's. always wanted to invent some type of wooden tube but the painted plastic didn't bother me enough to change. Just need the tube to cover the area were folks get in and out, the rest of the rod is pretty save next to the side panel under the oar locks. Makes it much easier to stash the rod into a short tube. Never broke or damaged a rod while in the tubes in spite of the dogs, both mine and friend's, doing their very best to try.
Permalink Reply by Ben Kittell on March 27, 2013 at 7:27am

What about using some sort of flexible plastic tubing? Should be soft and easily installed...

Permalink Reply by Bill Craig on March 27, 2013 at 8:40am

I saw this done on a boat where the flex tube was installed to follow the curvature of the bow. It protects the rod and fits in a smaller tight space than a stiff PVC tube.

Bill

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