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Dakota rod carrier by FISHPOND

When it comes to fly fishing gear there are numerous companies that offer good items. There is, however, one company that has actually designed gear that looks great, last forever, and is seemingly laid out by fisherman. That company is Fishpond. All of their offerings are, in my humble opinion, the best designed gear available to the angler today. The new item for 2009 that caught my eye is the Dakota rod carrier. The Dakota is advertised to carry up to four 4peice rods in their socks on one side and reels, fly boxes and other terminal items on the other. The opposing side is compartmented by three removable dividers, which are held in place by Velcro. The beauty of this case is that it can hold all that gear and still come in under most of the airline carryon baggage dimensions. It is also advertised very humbly as mine, pictured here, is holding 6 rods comfortable in the half set up for rod storage. Its holding two 10wt’s, two 8wt’s, one 7wt, and one 5wt. I could probably get one more in there and still fasten the straps but six rods is about 4 more than I normally carry anyways. Keep in mind I am only using half of the case for rods! Where I come from, that means the case can potentially hold 12 rods comfortably. Now that’s not what the case is designed for but it does have lots of rod holding capacity. The side opposite the rod straps can hold over a dozen reels and spools combined. The dividers allow you to customize your storage options to fit your gear. The width had to be thought out as it’s built to hold everything from trout weight reels to some approaching Blue water sizes. My Tibor Everglades fits comfortable in the reel compartment with some room to spare. As pictured I have...

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