Hey all, I just wanted to share a simple way to make transporting multiple rod and reel setups easier and more efficient. I often have to park and make one trip to the dock to meet a fishing partner or boater. Out of necessity and some trial and error, I came up with a method to bundle multiple rods together (usually 6 for me), which makes it easy to grab them one-handed, get in and out of vehicles, deploy quickly, pack up faster at the end of the trip, and eliminates the hassle of managing and storing six individual rod sleeves. I'd also recommend wrapping your line around the blank before bundling together. Note: I use all casting rods so I'm not sure if this would work with spinning rods, I joined the man club which required ditching all use of fairy wands 

 

Here’s what I do:
I cut a standard rod sleeve down to about 30 inches and staple the end shut. I slip it over the rod tips and then tie all the rods together with paracord, which also holds the shortened sleeve in place by securing the reel attachment loop. Finally, I use an 18-inch Nite Ize twisty gear tie to bundle the rod handles together just behind the reels. Pics below.

 

Hope this helps!

 

 

Interesting idea, thanks for sharing.

As a longtime co-angler this is what I use to carry two bundles of 4 rods each. The elastic ball around the handles and the Velcro strap around the blanks @ about 1/2 way up.

27 minutes ago, Ski said:

As a longtime co-angler this is what I use to carry two bundles of 4 rods each. The elastic ball around the handles and the Velcro strap around the blanks @ about 1/2 way up.

Ditto

 

I do the same with 6 but always leave the sleeves on until I need one. 
If put on tight enough they don’t move or separate. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mike

That's pretty much what I used to do. I just thought I'd share as I find one sleeve makes rod management simpler and faster in every way.