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Portable/Transportable Rod Wrapper
Posted by:
David Martin
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Date: May 28, 2013 07:26PM
Kinda struggled with the title but here is my situation.
I fly week to week around the US from my home in Niagara Falls, NY. Plan to spend most weeks in the FT Lauderdale area until around October. I'm just getting into rod fixing but hope to expand to building a few rods for my own use. I have tons of time after work in the hotel to learn rod building, are there portable/transportable rod wrappers that i could pack in my luggage while I travel? The rods I can ship and store at my travel destinations and i suppose the rod wrapper for that matter unless I'll need for the weekend at home. Crazy question but I have a crazy job with only a couple days home most weeks. Hoping someone here has done the same. -Dave Re: Portable/Transportable Rod Wrapper
Posted by:
curtis drumm
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Date: May 28, 2013 09:09PM
I may be able to help I designed a portable based off a wooden wrapper my father built back in the 60s, it will fit in a suitcase takes up a space of 5-1/2"x2-1/5"x16" foldes out to 32" long.
I don't have the oridginal drawing but I can send you a hand drawing, curtisdrumm@gmail.com Re: Portable/Transportable Rod Wrapper
Posted by:
Chuck Mills
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Date: May 28, 2013 10:33PM
The Sully wrapper packs down very small.
[www.anglersworkshop.com] Or you could build one of these. I think I have the plans here somewhere. [www.rodbuilding.org] _________________________________________ "Angling is extremely time consuming. That's sort of the whole point." - Thomas McGuane Re: Portable/Transportable Rod Wrapper
Posted by:
Jay Lancaster
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Date: May 28, 2013 11:19PM
The little hand wrapper made by Fuji looks like a nice portable unit. Re: Portable/Transportable Rod Wrapper
Posted by:
Jim Gamble
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Date: May 28, 2013 11:21PM
Definitely the Sully. I have wrapped several hundred rods on one. They are very compact AND they are excellent wrappers. You will enjoy the hands-free tensioner and other features. Re: Portable/Transportable Rod Wrapper
Posted by:
David Martin
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Date: May 29, 2013 08:24AM
Thanks for the suggestions/ideas folks.
Some very nice handmade units for sure. At this point I'm leaning toward a commericial unit mostly from a time standpoint, would be difficult for me to make something with only a hotel room as my work area and on weekends when I am home the honey-do list is pretty long, espeially with the weather breaking and just the normal household chores eating up my time. I had perused the blurps on various websites for the Sully, Eco Wrapper, Flexi and mudhole offerings, just very difficult to get a feel for how each would breakdown for transporting and the sizes of the various components. Good to hear the Sully is a compact unit, will look at that in more detail today. -Dave Martin Re: Portable/Transportable Rod Wrapper
Posted by:
Chris Richer
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Date: May 29, 2013 09:06AM
This is about as portable as you will get.
[www.jannsnetcraft.com] All you need is a table edge. Chris Richer Iroquois ON Re: Portable/Transportable Rod Wrapper
Posted by:
Barry Thomas Sr
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Date: May 29, 2013 10:03AM
David; send a Email to Seabear49@gmail.com I have INFO for you Re: Portable/Transportable Rod Wrapper
Posted by:
David Martin
(---.buffalo.res.rr.com)
Date: February 22, 2016 08:53PM
How time flys.
Almost three years since I posted this, couldn't believe it when I saw the posting date. In the last two weeks I've purchased a Sully rod wrapper and also a Sully single rod dryer. Plan to start by repairing a couple rods I trampled all over the rod guides with big winter boots late season musky fishing. From there building my own fishing rods. The comments about the Sully packing down for travel was spot on. Still flying around the country a bunch so should be able to transport the Sully if needed. Really appreciated all the original input. Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum.
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