"Mike McGuire" wrote in message
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Old Grey wrote:
Since you own a fly shop I thought you might be a good person to ask.
I hope you don't mind the intrusion. I have a 9' four piece Winston
Ibis that came with the cordura rod tube. Together with the rod and
tube it weighs in around 19 oz. I am looking to do some long
backpacking trips this summer (Muir Trail) and am trying to find a
lighter rod tube but one that still has rigid sides. Do you know of
any rigid side tubes (aluminium or other material) 2 inch diameter by
30 inches long or so that weigh in less than 8 to 10 oz.?

Thanks for any feedback.

Allyn

If you are a little bit handy you might want to just make one. See
http://www.peninsulaflyfishers.org/T...eBackpack.html

Mike McGuire

Wow, that seems unnecessarily complex. I built my fly rod tube out of PVC,
and use 'male' endcaps that have little rubber gaskets to make them fit
snugly. They make several dozen types of endcaps, so it wouldn't be hard to
find one that did the job.

To make the padding that fits inside the endcap, I just laid a peice of
ensolite on a hard floor, put the endcap on it, and stepped on it, cutting a
round piece of ensolite like a cookiecutter would, and pressed them into the
endcap. Works perfectly, and the endcaps fit so snugly that they never pop
off accidentally, even on flights.

--riverman