Trying to find some ideas of rod racks or other storage systems you guys have bought or built in the garage for your rod/reels.
Any thoughts as to whether you should store setups vertically or horizontally in terms of what’s better for reel care?
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I like them vertical. Homebuilt…
Capt. Larry Teuton
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I use long screws, u can hang ten rods for about 10-15 bucks
Wow that’s nice! I can’t build stuff with wood like that…wish I could…so I took a few milk crates…cut some inch and half PVC pipe aprox. 12-14 inches tall and zip tied in each corner with one in between the corner ones on each side. Holds 8 rods nicely with room in the middle for storage of other stuff. Can buy the crates for a few bucks at. Places like dollar general,family dollar, Wally World… Easy afternoon project…can sit them outside to hose your rods down in after fishing too.
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Cracker Larry you wanna build another one?
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I bought some smaller galvanized pipe and connectors from Lowe’s/HD to create a two level rack that screws into my garage ceiling. I then wrapped the pipe with some foam insulation to protect the rods/reels when moving them in and out. The ceiling mount is definitely more hassle than having a nice upright rack, but if you are tight for floor space then this is a really good option.
couple of 1x4’s and 2 10’ sticks of pvc pipe
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Originally posted by CaptFritzcouple of 1x4’s and 2 10’ sticks of pvc pipe
Even though I am a jaded woodworker, this one wins for simplicity. Obviously I prefer Cracker Larry’s stand for it’s looks. But, the pragmatic side of me knows that I’d build Fritz’s stand if it was going in my garage.
Right now, I keep my rods stored in a cramped outdoor storage building, overhead. Literally, I have two long ropes, each threaded through a 4 foot section of 1.5" scrap PVC pipe (for rigidity). The rope is tied to the rafters on each end. They are spaced about 48" apart, parallel to each other. Butt of the rods go on one, tips on on the other. Cheap, nearly free. They do get caught up together and is frustrating, but we are planning on buying a house and moving soon. Once we move in, the garage is getting a Fritz-esque rod mount.
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Have a nice oak one that holds some other rods not in the picture. Had an old carpenter friend build it for me years ago. The thing I “built” was really easy. Assemble everything on the 1x4’s and then fasten them to the wall. Having 2 drills helps a lot when building this. One with a drill bit and one with screw tip.
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Come to think of it, we could cut these on our CNC router at the shop. The only thing I’d need to do would be putting a roundover (or whatever profile) on the edges, and assemble it. It would take all of 10-15 minutes to cut several of these. We could use a furniture grade plywood and possibly get 2 or 3 out of each 4X8 sheet.
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By the way Bonecrusher, since you asked…storing rods vertically is (IMO) better if you have room for it. They will flex less. I store mine in the worst possible way (horizontally, with a bit of a load on them), although I do space the PVC rails they lay on such that none of the thinner parts of the rods are flexing.
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Good info on this thread…I built my own out of 4x4’s…just cut an 8 foot length of 4x4’s in two…cut two 18" pieces of 2x4’s, nail the 2x4 pieces to the ends of the 4x4’s, drill 1 1/4" holes almost all the way through the 4x4’s and far enough apart to allow room for the reels, wahlaaa, rod rack done! I’ll post a pic when I figure out how…
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Great info guys, thanks. Would love to see pics of the other ones mentioned.
One I’ve seen at lodges in the Bahamas works well but I think more for a fly rood/reel because of the narrow reel.
You take two pieces of wood, each about 8 feet long, 2" wide and 1" deep. Then you take a narrow dowel rod and cut into several 4" pieces. These are your ‘pegs’ the rods will rest on. the dowel pieces are glued into those strips (you have to drill a hole for each one obviously)to mirror eachother on each piece of wood.
The two long pieces are secured to the wall vertically, parallel to eachother about 6 feet about and there you have your wall mounted, vertical rod rack.
I’ll tell my wife I need to make a bonefishing trip to the Bahamas so I can take some pics of the rod rack to post.
I have limited wall space what with all my other crap so I had to use the space above my shelves. Here is one I made out of stuff I had on hand.
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This is my wall mounted rack…
This is my small portable rack…
This is my ceiling rack (above the garage door)…
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Nice wall rack, Flat-Out. Very nice 
I really like the paddle shaped uprights 
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Cracker Larry you wanna build another one?
I could be talked into it Got your pm and will reply.
Edited: There are a lot of good ideas here, depending on your space, desires and budgets. A few boards, some PVC pipe and imagination. Nice seeing what everybody has come up with We are all fishermen and we all have to store rods. In the house, the truck and the boat. Some people stack them in a corner, but I got way too many for that[:0] Keep those pics coming.
Yall want me to show you a picture of my cane poles hanging under my shed 
Capt. Larry Teuton
Cracker Built Custom Boats
“Ships are the nearest things to dreams that hands have ever made.” -Robert N. Rose
Flat it…no one should have that many rods. It makes your garage look cluttered. Bonzo and I will let you store a few at our houses since you are a member in good standing here 
miss’n fish’n
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Sea Squirt 16
Pen, if we didn?t have a 12 month fishery and such a variety of some of the finest fishing anywhere I wouldn?t have so many? and besides you can hardly find a decent cane pole for sale anymore.
I can?t help it, after 35 years I still enjoy: a doubled over bream buster, pitching baits in the pads, soaking cut bait, hearing braid sing through guides, and dragging baits behind the boat.
We have definitely been blessed with some great fishing here in the lowcountry.
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Wow, glad to see this thread take off like it has. Rod/reel storage is something we all have the task of figuring out and I love seeing the ideas people have come up with based on space, materials, etc.
Agree with Penny; Flat-Out, that’s a heckuva lot of rods. You’re obviously a gear junky! (I’m getting there by the way…)
Keep the pix comin, it’s really helpful and hopefully this helps solve the storage issue for a few CF.com posters.
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Aren’t those Pod rod holders from a local company? Please provide info if you have it.
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