I know many of you break down rods and put them in a tube while portaging while some of you just lash them in or simply carry them. This topic has been beat to death and I'm not looking for opinions on how to transport rods...I am looking for a very specific answer. See below...

We used to lash rods to canoes using Bungee Dealy Bobs, until a few spinning rod eyelets caught trees and broke. Then we started making a special trip to carry rods and paddles (gotta carry rods, may as well grab paddles, too). But....

I've seen videos online of people with thin-walled black tubes lashed down to the inside of their canoe, sometimes as many as 4, that are big enough to cover an entire spinning rod (casting rods are not a problem) from the 1st big eyelet tot he tip. Does anyone know where to get this material or what it's called? From what I can tell, by measuring my rods, is that it is 2.5" in diameter and about 4.5 ft long. PVC is WAY too heavy - this stuff is really thin, but rigid - like the tubes used in golf bags.

Thanks in advance.

I use plastic down spout pipe. The kind you would use on your house.

I use duct tape and electrical tape to fashion a cover for the ends. Very low tech, and effective. I can get 4 spinning rods in one tube. Just cut it to the length you need. It is light too.

Possible you might be talking about schedule 20 PVC.

Schedule 40 is the heavy, thick-walled stuff for plumbing drains, but schedule 20 is thin-walled, still very rigid.

Common use is the in-wall pipe for a built-in central vac system within a house.

Or it could be something else entirely...

Are you talking about the corrugated stuff, or is it smooth-walled? Thanks.

Hmmmm....maybe that's it. I'll see what I can find online. Thanks!

I used a 8’ piece of downspout and cut it to length. Then I made wood end caps. The whole thing is very lite and strong. You could cut yours down to 4 1/2 foot to fit your rods with a hack saw. I can fit three rods inside. I like how it is square so it doesn’t roll around.

Just put your rods in a rod bag and bdb them to the gunnals. The eyes are now covered and won't catch on anything. I can fit 4-5 rods in one of the Lindy rod bags.

I use a round plastic tube I think I bought on Amazon. It's intended for drawings and architectural plans. Holds at least two 6' rods that are taken apart. Has a screw top cap. Works great when we use BDBs to attach it to the canoe.

SV....what a great idea! We're taking along some "non breakdown" rods this year. I'll be picking some up today.

Thanks........Mike

I do it where I just have a 12 inch section of pvc for the rod tips only. This seems to work. I just use a tailpiece from any plumbing section of any store and mount it under the bow seat on the side- this is the thin walled PVC. I spray painted it to look nice

Then slide the ends in and bungee the reels/ grips to the yoke

+1 on the rod bag I have a Bass Pro one that works well for me

I just figured that my daughter has carried our 3 fishing rods for about 75 miles since our first trip in 2012. It was our last trip Spring 2019 Woodland Caribou that she broke the first rod tip. It was a rod from a Quantum combo I believe. We are still using the 2 original Berkley Lightning Rods we started with in 2012 and that survived the 75 miles of portages I know those rods are about 20 years old. I replaced the broken rod with a Lightning rod, of course. We go into the backcountry of Quetico and Woodland Caribou, where the portages are no more than moose paths if that. That is a testament to the durability of the LIghtning Rod. Might not be the most sensitive rod out there, but for $40 they are an absolute bargain and are plenty sensitive enough, much more so than Ugly Stick or other cheap rods. I own at least 5 Lightning Rods at this point, for fishing crappie at home and everything else in the Northwoods. When I trip with my daughter she carries the rods. When I trip with friends I carry them when I'm carrying a pack, or thingymajig them into the canoe, when I portage. I don't use any rod tubes or anything.
Joe

It isn't a rigid solution but I use Rod Styx, spelling may be off. They just slide over the entire length of the rod and I can leave them rigged. I just cut a small 4" section of plastic tubing and slide it into the end of the sleeve to protect the tip. I bought them after my buddies Loomis blew out of the back of the boat and we were able to find it easily since it was bright pink.