riverman wrote:
"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.

PVC is heavy.

The lightest commonly available rod tubes are made with aluminum. Sage
has great aluminum rod tubes.

You can make lighter ones from carbon fiber. Or titanium.

It's not worth it for backpacking. Rod tubes are great for keeping the
air-cargo troglodytes from destroying your stuff, but if you take some
minimally reasonably care of your rod, you don't need one when backpacking.

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