Nice Rack — Superior Rod Tube Storage
Once you’ve accumulated a number of travel rods and the tubes to protect them, you’re left with the issue of how to store those tubes. You can put them on a shelf or in a closet, or scatter them amongst your vehicles to make sure you’re always ready for that unexpected opportunity. Alternatively, you can just shove them in the corner, up against the wall.
But if indeed your travel rods are an integral part of your life, you can make them a central part of your home or office décor with a custom stand. This reduces the chance that you’ll misplace or damage them. In some cases they also have storage for your corresponding reels and/or some tackle. Finally, as someone who loves fishy accents and reminders scattered throughout my house, many of them are just downright sexy.
Some of the best examples I’ve found come from Mountain Creek Anglers in Kentucky. He has two models – both of which can be customized to some extent, including your choice of stain and a variety of hand-painted fish.
The Elkhorn Creek Cabinet sits on the floor, so you can store up to eight tubes vertically. Here’s an Elkhorn with a trio of trout.
And another with a trio of saltwater species.
The Kinniconick Creek Cabinet is made to be wall-mounted and likewise holds up to eight tubes, stored horizontally. Here’s one with a musky for the masochists among you.
And one with a brown trout stained in English Chestnut
Colorado artist Cody Richardson, whose license plate silhouettes of a variety of fish species are exquisite, also makes custom rod racks with place-specific and fish-specific art.
Stoney Creek Fly Tying in Pennsylvania builds a variety of rod tube racks, up to and including a dual level version with multiple drawers and room for up to 24 tubes.
New Hampshire craftsman David Anderson’s catalog consists mostly of racks for individual rods, but he also makes tube-holders (for two to 12 tubes) out of cherry, beech, hickory and mahogany.
