Don
Well Known Member
My 9A is based at KXSA and it's an easy hop to several places where I can turn an overnight outing with a car into a day surf fishing trip. The problem I have is fitting rods into the plane without modifying the plane. My 9' 2 piece rod won't fit. I've got some 7.5' rods that will sort of fit (not in baggage but over the baggage out to the glare shield. The plane I'm building will have rod storage in the wings but the plane I'm flying doesn't have easily removable wing tips, making the task a bit of a challenge. Odds are I'll cut a hole in the back baggage compartment for a light weight rod case and solve the problem that way...if I have to.
My first thought was I could find a 3 piece 8-9' rod that could cast 2 or 3 oz of lead. No joy either on-line or in several well stocked tackle stores. One guy suggested I just "fly with the window open a bit." AT the local Bass Pro shop he suggested shipping the rod since it would cost so much to carry it in a plane. Enough humor, I want a solution. I've built plenty of fly rods so I went looking for a 3 piece surf rod blank that I could build up. No joy there (at least so far).
I figure someone on here must have an elegant solution to this problem and since it's escaping me, I thought I'd ask. My preference is to find a rod that fits in an RV and lacking that, I'll look at modifications.
Thanks.
My first thought was I could find a 3 piece 8-9' rod that could cast 2 or 3 oz of lead. No joy either on-line or in several well stocked tackle stores. One guy suggested I just "fly with the window open a bit." AT the local Bass Pro shop he suggested shipping the rod since it would cost so much to carry it in a plane. Enough humor, I want a solution. I've built plenty of fly rods so I went looking for a 3 piece surf rod blank that I could build up. No joy there (at least so far).
I figure someone on here must have an elegant solution to this problem and since it's escaping me, I thought I'd ask. My preference is to find a rod that fits in an RV and lacking that, I'll look at modifications.
Thanks.