Not Quite Tackle Making But... Rod Quiver Deja Vu Strikes

I had a chance to go fishing this past Thursday evening and although I brought a selection of three different rods (1  7' M casting, 1 6'6" M spinning and 1 7' UL), it seemed like going UL was going to be ticket.  How so? The other two didn't produce, lol. 

As I was approaching a section of the lake that I knew would be good to catch blue gill, perch or rock bass (as we call them here in WA State. And yes, I was going after some panfish because I didn't want to go home skunked) I saw an older gentleman fishing.  Started up a conversation and learned he was fishing for crappie.  I was a bit surprised to hear that since this section of the lake in my experience has not been known to me to have crappie.  Matter of fact, I can't recall if it were my son or me who caught a crappie but it was incidental and we were not targeting them that day. It was probably my son who caught it, lol.

He said the bite had been hot the past couple of days, people leaving with 20-30 plus but was a little slow today.  It wasn't until we were parting ways (but to still keep on fishing other sections) that I noticed he was carrying three rods (I thought he only had one rod) in one hand in addition to his bucket and huge cabela's tackle bag. A bucket in one hand, three rods in the other and a large bag on his shoulder.  Upon seeing him with his gear, I immediately began recalling how I didn't like carrying multiple rods inconveniently in one hand either,.  I asked if he needed help but he said he was alright.  Then I said to him that I also used to carry three rods in one hand like that and just hated it.  Next, I showed him how I addressed that problem -- by creating a rod quiver so that I could hold all three rods conveniently. That's the key.

He liked what he saw so much, that he said he'd pay me if I made one for him.  The honest truth was that I built it so long ago that I wasn't sure if I could remember how I made it. I told him that I would see what I could do.

Saturday: Took a break from a "honey do" project.  Then challenged myself to see if I could recall how build one.

My rod quiver is based off of a draftman's 45 degree triangle with 7 1/8" sides and a 10 1/8" hypotenuse

I figured since the board is long enough I might as well make a second set if triangles. 

The board with a section of bamboo flooring is my very crude jig that enables me to cut the wood straighter than if I didn't have it.

I took the necessary measurements based off of my first and only rod quiver and cut the pieces and drilled the necessary holes.  I used a thicker board because it was only spare wood I had and larger diameter dowels because when I was at home depot, I took a best guess and guessed incorrectly.

The bulk of the work is done.  I just need to add the velcro, felt, and pipe insulation as cushion for the end caps on the bottom.  The quiver on the right is the original.  The newer one is beefier than its predecessor.

I didn't realize that I didn't have enough felt and I didn't want to waste time going to the store, so I looked around in the garage and found a fluorescent neoprene soda can insulator. That would work!  Underneath the neoprene is half of the Velcro.  

You put the butt of the rod in the end cap, put the rod blank into the slot and keep it in place with the Velcro.  I look forward to giving it to him soon.  My rod quiver isn't perfect, but it gets the job done serves its purpose well.  Instead on having to hold multiple rods through your fingers, all your fingers need to do is hold the top dowel and you're in business.

This is how it holds rods up close.  Then, when you're fishing from the shore, you can prop it on your tackle bag.

Lastly, I apologize for the sideways images.  They were correctly oriented in my PC and were attached sideways.  I couldn't figure out how to rotate the images.

I just hope that doing this doesn't trigger me into making lures again, lol.  

-ib