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I recently bought the Riversmith 4 banger fly rod vault. I’ve used it twice and it is extremely convenient. Keeps the rods safe, leaves a ton more room inside my vehicle, and saves a bunch of time re-lining the rod between stops. Is it necessary, no. But if you can afford it, your fishing adventures will certainly be improved. Plus do you realize how hard I look driving around with my 4 Runner with a fly rod vault on the top? I’ve started carrying a bat to keep the women off of me.
Every 4runner needs a rod vault.
Have a two banger on my Volkswagen golf, the plan is to get another two banger and two 4 bangers to build a latter rack out of them so it doubles as a work vehicle.
@@mattchirhart9678 better get a snorkel so you don’t drown in poon
@@JP-dz7zu not a bad idea, but just trying to have everything from 2-12 wt on hand at any time and a ladder to get clients over fences on trips. As a land captain in Miami, it's critical to get clients the most out of their urban adventures
Ya, fly rods take up so much space in a vehicle. I carry 3 in the trunk of my Accord and have hardly have any room for my waders and boots.
Went fishing with a guide last weekend. His method: an old ski rack from a thrift store. $30-$50 and keeps rods secure. Probably wouldn’t trust it if you’re parking publicly for any length of time but for a day trip up the hills you’re golden. Starting my search now.
bought the Orvis magnetic holder 15 years ago works great jumping from hole to hole while driving . Holds 6 rods but as the huge man says things can hit the rods while drying I e: pheasants. Black birds coming out of a field , mud chunks from beet trucks , fortunately I have never had a rod broken. Up side of these is if you travel a lot in rental vehicles they fit almost all except the ones with fiberglass hoods . Have a Rodsmith car top holder on my Sequoia works good looks cool :-) upside for me can travel 80mph don’t have to worry about rods , get to busy boat ramp back trailer in dump boat pull rods out your fishing . Another option is the rod sleeves I use these on all my Spey rods just break down the rod in half slip in sleeve good to go there cheap and come in different colors, use different colors to signify weight of rod I have in them . Stay Hugh
I usually take 2 rods out in my old single cab pick up. Reels go in the center console cup holder and the rods go out the back window over the bed. cup holders havent failed me yet
Do the same thing with our new Chevy Colorado
Works for me
I'd be afraid that, out of habit, I'd hit the switch and shut the center on my rods. I take them down, I'm paranoid
Every time I go on a Tinder date and they see my fly rod safe and they go home with me.
Hahaha, that comment made my day
The video's epilogue was PERFECT. Well done, Ben ! ! !
if you pile up the rods in the middle of the car (or run them through the back cab window of a truck like I do), run the leader around the arbor of the reel, hook the fly to the stripping guide. then take the leader butt and wrap it once around the rod and stripping guide. its hard to explain in writing but it stops the rods from getting all tangled.
I’m hittin what you’re pitchin.
I actually come up from the stripper to the middle of the rod. Tha way I have enough of the head out of the tip so I don't have to pull it out by hand
I bought a double haul from Yakima last year...there are a lot of things about it I think are great (the ease to hit the water for steelhead between work and sunset is a HUGE reason...lol!) but having rods ready to go when fishing with kids makes everything so much easier!
How else will everyone know I do truck stuff with my truck?
I have a full sized truck with no cover on the bed. I use a bungie cord strung along the inside of the bed diagonally from front top to rear bottom, and I tuck the reel in between the bungie and the side of the bed. The reel goes into the corner, closest to the cab. The wheel well keeps the tips from getting stuck in the gap between the gate and the bed. It's worked great for years now.
Downside: requires tie down points inside the bed to work. My dad's older truck has no such tie downs so he's screwed. Rod vault for him, I guess
I wonder how much time is saved in the end by skipping stringing up a fly rod. Just timed myself and it was about 30 seconds. So... multiply that by 4 for each rod... That's about two minutes. I'll add an extra minute for fumbling.
3 minutes per stop. Let's be generous and assume you truly are a HUGE fly fisherman... Say you fish 5 days a week, and make 3 different stops each day. That's 9 minutes a day. I'll add another extra minute for generosity. So, 50 minutes - an hour a week. Fish all year at that pace? That's 43 hours a year you're saving.
So... Is it worth it? Let's see.
43 hours a year saved for a $2000 purchase. That is $46.5 dollars for every hour saved. Or $2.33 for each time you string up your rods.
Would you pay $2.33 to a guy to string up your rods for you at every stop you make? (instantly, btw, he is a magic rod assistant since he has to compete with the rod vault)
If you've got the money, it might be worth it. If not, probably not. Thanks for listening to my TED talk.
Bad math. A good rod vault is $300 for the 2 banger and $600 for the 4 banger. It might take 30 seconds to snap a rod together and line it if you are very quick, but tying on the fly, indicator etc adds another minute or so. How much will it cost when a rod snaps in the back of your vehicle because you do something dumb? How do you even get chicks without a rod vault?
@@JP-dz7zu The one in this video is $2000. I was also very generous in all of my math.
@@Hrogthar $2000-$3000 isn’t worth it. But $300 is a good investment if it saves breaking one rod, not to mention the time and convenience factor.
@@JP-dz7zu Rods don't tend to break very easily in their rod tubes.
I'm with you. I spit out my zesty beverage when I saw the $2,000 sticker.
Fly fishing 400 days a year is really beginner numbers.
I don't think that saying you'd 'never get a rod tube because it's only for guides that fish every day' was a very good prologue to your sponsor for a rod tube 😂
I use a pvc tube with a smaler tube insulation foam inside
works well and cost only a few bugs
If you break your rod in two between spots make sure to have two garden velcro strips on your person. The garden ones are wide and cheap. Put one at the grip and one 2/3s the way up keeps your line under control, especially mono, and it keeps the rod(s) from shifting. I have one of the inside, bungee style systems in my SUV, but this works great in almost any scenario. It's also a go to when I'm bushwhacking. My line gets caught in the trees a lot less. I hate line in the trees!!! I hate it more than spider web in the face. The worst is spider web in the face and then rod in the trees.
I was about to say exactly this. I built a new PC and had a gazillion of those EVGA Velcro straps left over, that I somehow left in the car before our trip last summer. The wife found them and did exactly what you mentioned, and is the preferred way I've been traveling with rods since.
A quick search on Amazon reveals a 50pk of "Velcro cable ties" for $7.
I was waiting for the crow part!! LOL!
Exactly. “I have dipped my toe in the shameless marketing waters, but I have done so with humor. And my penance will be putting gnarly feathers in my mouth.”
Well played. We are still good. But remember your Master Yoda “Once you start down the Dark Path, Forever will it dominate your destiny. “
I run my rods up the middle. I hang a buff over the rear view mirror and run the tips through it.
I'll keep an eye out for the garage destroyer.
I made my own rod vault for $20 bucks ....ABS plumbing pipe & fittings , Harbor freight plastic tool box ....done Holds two rods and reels . Mounted on my tundra rack ....now I think I'm cool 😎
Sweet, I’ll bet that fly vault protects those precious Moonshine rods on the way to the liquor store real good. Stay huge!
Use a yakima/Thule snowboard/ski rooftop rack. Holds rods (and skis) can lock, protects rods via rubber guards, and are only like $150 + dual purpose!
What I use as well for short distances, highway and such I pack any lighter fly rods down. I've had 15 rods up there at one point! (Conventional and Fly)
😂😂😂 the outlet mall comment
Volvo Estate (station wagon) with PVC tubes going up the middle. Put a silicon liner on the reel end to prevent rubbing/scratching, drill two holes to put micro bungies on the real end to secure the rigs. My Vo has just under 300k miles and I expect it to out live me.
Been doing the bungee cord one in my Subaru for a few years. It's decent.
Been doing it for like 15 years Adam. Its the #1 way and costs 1 dollar!
That custom name plate joke was hilarious
Much appreciated information and humor…priceless humor.
I love the grocery getter. Wood paneling ....probably a hump in the middle and a "way back".
I always enjoy your Monday video thanks for the humor and yes I have some cool swag.
I need more info on the station wagon like Christopher Walken needs more cowbell. Also, if you got a free rod vault for making a commercial, I can't h8. As long as it holds tenkara rods.
It holds cane poles pretty good.
@@HugeFlyFisherman cane rods rule!
I sneak my rods in my Nissan frontier through the back window. They stick out about 6” but I have a pad lock a wrap around them so people cannot pulls my rods out. Works good and makes it very convenient to have your rods rigged up the night before fishing
I’m dying this is great!!!
I love the channel man! Im so glad you ate crow at the end of the video. My wife bought me a car top 2 rod carrier and i love the damn thing i dont even care that it looks booshie af on the top of my subbie! Tight lines my man!
The Rod Vault looks sick BUT ....I grew up fishin stripers in the sf bay area and any rod worth the sh!t was an 11ft 1 piece rod!! They hung out of car windows ....on lumber racks...Now I pick up fly fishing again and everything is 4 piece and fits in a nice little tube. I don't like to advertise what im doing.no stickers on my car no extra gear to leave behind.It really sucks but now a days most places are not to safe to leave your car with anything in it let alone a big rod tube on top of it saying hey i fly fish and have lots of gadgets and extra goodies that i paid tons of money for just break my window and have a look!!!
One other method worthy of mentioning:
Sticking the rod tips out the rear sliding window of my tacoma. Super fun when you drive under low clearance bridges and tunnels.
I do this. Sucks if it's cold or raining though, and I am always scared to death I will accidentally shut the window with them in there because I do shit like that. I took the $3k that I would have spent on a fly rod vault and bought a boat, so now I just put them in my $3000 boat.
Sick fly rod safe ad.
Thanks. I worked hard on it.
Would it be considered huger if you bought a drift raft just to transport your rods to and from the river (which we won’t mention which here)? Asking for a huge friend…
Yes.
That's the station wagon out of family vacation. VERY COLLECTIBLE!
COOLEST
Rod vault? Really?! I bet you’ll start fishing 22+ sized midges now. 🤦♂️
Dude... For someone older like myself...bad eyesight and fingers that don't work like they used to...its a HUGE benefit to be able to leave my gear rigged up. I hate tying anything smaller than 16 with 6x or 7x tippet. Frustrating...
I’ve always got multiple rods rigged up in my boat whether I’m lake or river fishing. Rigging up several rods before even getting on the water is a HUGE waste of time! If you have a boat, a rod vault/safe/locker is the best investment, if you are a bankie save your money.
What if you own a Fly fishing shop? then can you have a rod vault? LOL
My all time favorite is sticking out the side windows!👍
Got me a rod vault for my 98' Honda Accord. No Regrets ben. No Regrets.
My problem with rod vaults is that you can’t put strung rods in there if you’ve run the line around the reel and hooked it to a guide up the rod (ie, when you have a normal size leader on.
I don't seem to have that problem. Works fine for me.
Love the “Wagon Queen Family Truckster”.
I get it, but the convenience can't be beat. I have always found it interesting hearing the haters that I sometimes find in my truck, but after the third stop, I tend to hear this instead... "hey man, can I use that third spot in your rod vault?"
Very happy with my SIMMS rod case/vault. Nothing cool about it, it just protect my rods & reels. Some keep their car in the garage, others don’t. Good channel …
I have one. I took it off because I realize I was announcing to everyone there was trout water nearby when I parked. Not a good thing to announce when you hit secret water.
Fish once a week minimum. Not a guide. Two banger up top. Makes fishing out East where baiters will dip there canes in same whole you’re in while my kids are in school convenient to jump spots. Love your stuff man.
*hole. I hate siri
Shit, *their
As a po man I get by with 1 rod a 5wt dogwood canyon rod, a small fly box with a handful of dries,nymphs and wooly buggers. And I'm to lazy to break it down so I have the rod from back hatch all the way to the windshield(sometimes to the annoyance of my passengers) and I do fish alot mainly for bass and panfish here in Texas. God I miss trout fishing in the mountains but I'm making the most of it here I've even caught a few catfish on wooly buggers which not something I ever expected on a flyrod.
I just put a back seat down in my 02 WRX wagon and lay my rods through with the tip sitting up across the center consual
This guy gets it
@@hunters1372 right, you dont gotta get fancy
@@snowfreak551 and sometimes if I’m low I room I’ll keep my line through my guides but take apart my rod halfway down and just kinda fold em next to each other so when I get out I just pop em back together and get back to throwing silly little fake bug in a river without catching fish all day
@@hunters1372 lmao, you dont have to own a toyota tacoma and have only sims and orvis gear to catch fish. Maybe for you when you go to the freshly stocked metroparks river parking lot thats how you act like you can even get close to getting a take…
love it, keepin it REAL in America (& huge lol) so refreshing to not be hearing thinly veiled sales pitches in the guise of sport/recreation.
My garage may have been struck as well! "Allegedly"
Rod tube that allows reel to stay on and long enough to keep 4 piece rods in 2 sections. Reel fly to tip, pull apart and slide in. Stays rigged and ready to fish in seconds..for when seconds count (my lunch break). Spit those crow feathers out and tie up some black flys! Stayin Huge Ben! Have a Huge week! 👍👌✌️🎣
You got me… Subaru.
The 4 rod vault is only 3 grand!
probably a tenkara fisher who hit your garage. was too busy staring at his box of nymphs
In Subaru Crosstrek with rear seat backs down, one rod, pass through the hatchback reel first, grab through rear passenger door, lay the reel on the dash, small bungee around rod and passenger front head rest posts. Easy, cheap, secure. Of course, you have to be alone.
i got a rod locker for the fact we travel miles and miles on dirt roads in front and behind people use to have the suction cup rod holder that placed it on the hood/roof but by the time we got to the fishing spots the rods reels and lines were covered in dust. so being exposed to the elements while o. the road not a good idea
$2000 for their 2 rod case and $4000 for their 6 rod case, they must be out of their MIND!!!! I know what material cost, I know what labor cost. Their markup must be HUGE! There are other vaults out there for less that 1/3 the price of these, and they are, in my opinion, better. Full aluminum, hold up to 6 rods, no stupid tubes to break off you guides as you slide them in. Oh and you can get those in colors too.
On my Tonneau cover, I have a rack and on that rack which was for bicycles... I eliminated a few of the the 4 bike racks and added a ski rack. It doubles as a short haul rack for poles. I dont travel long distances with poles in rack but I guess I could.
Or you fish Great Lake steelhead and need to hop around locations cause it’s shoulder to shoulder sometimes.
I only watched because I thought you were going to showcase that way cool green station wagon!
I roll down my back glass in my tundra " loaded with craft beer stickers and fly stickers" and slide it in the back and also my camper shell keeps everything safe.
I'm going the homemade route this weekend because I DIDN'T close my rod in the rear window of my Toyota 4Runner last weekend. Apparently I'm not running enough stickers!
I can finally put a Huge Fly Fisherman sticker on my rod vault!
on the back seat of the chevy poking out the sun roof
Do I rip Ben for selling out and acquiring a "rod vault," or am I happy because he's having some success? Tough call.
Ride wave as far as you want dude! #stayhuge
Another banger my friend. I use a ultamate rod case. They make a hybrid case that even fits spinning rods. I know you def wouldn’t use that though.
2005 buick le sabre holds a lot of rods in it's trunk
You bought Clark Griswold's car. It necessitates taking the kids thru St. Louis.
Holding your rods outside the window while your buddy drives to the next spot
Awwww man, I fish the Blue with a Moonshine rod. But at least I'm not a kook from the front range wearing a camo sun hoody fishing under the I-70.
@@Meller83 yup, and only in the Blue River
We will not bow down to any sponsor 🤣. I like the internal rod holding system. Need to do that.
people have more than one fly pole?
A) 100% would not drive down the canyon of the Big T with a rod under my windshield whipper as the image suggests.
B) You forgot the ski rack method, that is very popular where I live, and perhaps the dumbest option, out the passenger window.
C) I may not have a guiding license, but I do have a 598 day fishing streak and will be keeping my rod vault. Thank you.
Was thinking about making a rod vault out of pbc
I don't have 1300 for a fly rod safe
Be prepared. It's an absolute pain.
10000000000% Great info here!!!!!
Oh the welds 🤔😒 But the video is good as always 😎
Is a 1 piece rod an acceptable reason to get a vault?
I don’t have a rod carrier on my truck nor do I need one however someday I will probably have one.
You forgot about the number one reason to have a rod vault. If I get one it would be home made and it would only be a one rod vault. The reason you ask? so when I'm fishing with a buddy I get to the hole first with a setup rod. #1 way to catch more fish then your buddy
Now THAT is a good reason for a rod vault.
I don't see fly fishing as a competition. If folks want to go the route become a profession bass guy.
@@danielburgess7785 lol 😆 you realize huge fly fisherman is 60% jokes right
@@evanhammond7305 Quite.
Suction mounts
I smell a sponsor coming up.
Jealous of the station wagon!
The rod vault was on sale for $300 bucks, dammit!
Ford LTD country esquire station wagon. You found the one thing more huger than yourself.
I love my vac rac.
In the military, these folks are referred to as “Tools”. The accessories do not make you cool, they make you a Tool, ha!
I keep my rods in a tube but I have to drive from spot to spot on my river. Considering one of those magnetic deals. Anyone got experience with them? What do you love about them, and what do you hate about them? Ready, GO!
I got a strap system inside my Honda CR-V pretty much like the one I see on your videos. I got it from Cabelas but they no longer have it
Wait... Is this a district angling hat???
If only they made a rack or safe that could be mounted on a 2005 wrangler x with a soft top. Oh well, guess I'll have to take the back window off and drop the windshield every time I don't want to break down my pole.
I use the bungee cord on the inside technique, and my kids love to play with my rods while I cringe.
Yakima Doublehaul, dude.
Was this a video or an advertisement?
Both
I bought when I was drunk in Katmi NP
Good thing they are water proof. I would hate to get my "Fish Poles" wet.
Word up. If your gonna fish a lot sure get one because it’s more practical. But if your the dude who’s got twin 6bangers, For your weekend trip to deckers bruh stop
When does the video begin and the advertisement end?
At the beginning.
Only drove a quarter mile from one hole to another, so I just held it out of the window. Definitely white knuckled it the whole time