flyin with fly gear

anyone try to fly out of the country lately with their fishin gear? any
major hassles?

snake

snakefiddler wrote:

anyone try to fly out of the country lately with their fishin gear? any
major hassles?

snake


Security is tighter in the states than outside (except Israel). Just
pack anything sharp into your check-in baggage.

Bill

On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 07:01:35 -0500, "snakefiddler"
wrote:

anyone try to fly out of the country lately with their fishin gear? any
major hassles?

snake

Me? Nope. But in the spirit of mending fences, I agreed to order the
pilot of my DC-to-Palm Beach flight to stop in Boston to pick up the
Tadster, who was also headed thataway. American was NOT pleased, but
**** 'em - they need us. So anyway, I went out to the concourse to meet
him, and was shocked to see him - an Hawaiian shirt, cargo shorts,
couple of flyrod cases, sandals with black socks and a Super Big Drink
cup full of rum and pineapple juice. "HOT FLOCKIN' DAMN, DUKESTER!
It's over and I'm goin' to the Keys!" he slurred. "Er, Tad, you might
want to check the fishing gear..." I suggested. "**** it! John Kerry
has a plan to allow me to carry it on!" he said. "OK, Tadster, old
bean. Whatever you say," I offered in the aforementioned spirit of
bipartisan bon homme. So off we went - well, to be fair, Tadster
staggered, but I digress - to the gate.

Upon arrival at the gate, I thought I'd have a little fun and winked at
the TSA inspector as I said, "Ya know, Tadster, that long tube thing
you're carrying almost looks like a shoulder-fired rocket or
something..." Imagine my amusement as the word "rocket" barely left my
lips and the TSA goon hit good ol' Tad with a full dose from an
ElectroSKORPION 900V30A Terrorist Submission Device stungun (which I
later learned is so named because it produces 900,000 volts at 30 amps).
As the Tadster's cocktail was now a almost-sickeningly sweet vapor, I
picked up the cup and collected his teeth and eyeballs from the floor,
put them in the cup, and filled it with water so the doctors could
perhaps reinstall them. And although his toenails had also escaped his
now-smoldering Gold Toes, I declined to collect these. I mean, this
spirit of across-the-isle cooperation only goes so far, dontchaknow, and
after the hookers told me what Tad likes to do with his feet, I wouldn't
touch those things with borrowed hands.

So anyway, as the guards were inspecting the Tadster's kit, I chuckled,
flashed my Skull Island ID, and said, "Don't worry boys, it's only
fishing gear - nothing to be worried about." "Good one, Dr. Duke!" the
head TSA man laughed, "Besides, it allowed us to check the SKORPION on
something besides a side of beef. Of course, it means we'll have to get
takeout for lunch..."

"Not to worry, boys. I'll call the Dickster and have him set you boys
up. He can just overbill the Government. Just call Haliburton, give
them your fax number and they'll fax over a menu - without prices, of
course, so order away!" We all laughed. Ah, yes, the spirit of
cooperation - it's the dawn of whole new bright, shining age!

HTH,
Raoul

Just roundtriped form Reno to Belize through Dallas on American. No
problem carrying reels, lines, and rods (4 pc) on board. I put my flies in
my checked luggage.

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"snakefiddler" wrote in message
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anyone try to fly out of the country lately with their fishin gear? any
major hassles?

snake

"snakefiddler" wrote in message ...
anyone try to fly out of the country lately with their fishin gear? any
major hassles?

snake

My experience is: It depends on the city. I've had no trouble flying
out of Bozemsn, Montana. I've had an inner-city Philadelphia clerk
tell me my rod tube looked like a weapon and it would probably be
refused boarding at security. The clerk was wrong. I would not carry
on anything but rods and reels. Absolutely nothing sharp and no
aerosols.

lou t

"snakefiddler" wrote in message
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anyone try to fly out of the country lately with their fishin gear? any
major hassles?

snake

Yeah, this past summer I had a truckload of flights that I carried fly gear
on:

Kinshasa (FIH) - Brussels (BRU)
BRU-Amsterdam (AMS)
AMS-Bristol, England (BRS)
BRS-LON
LON-MSP
MSP-PHX
PHX-SEA
SEA-AMS
AMS-Stockholm (STO)
STO-Umea, Sweden (UME)
UME-STO
STO-BRU
BRU-FIH

On all of these flights, I carried my 3-piece 6/7 wt in its tube. I also
carried my portable 5 wt, fly gear (including flies) and some spare hooks in
a carry-on bag. Every single flight x-rayed my bags, on almost every single
flight, the inspection guy made some sort of appreciative comment about the
fly gear, like 'what kind of rod do you use?' or 'catching any good ones?'
or 'do you tie your own flies?'. And on almost every single flight, I was
allowed on board with no problem at all...the stewardesses even put the rod
in the first class closet in some cases.

The only exception was the MSP-PHX flight, where they refused to allow the
rod on and I had to check it as excess baggage. This flight was a connecting
flight from London, with the same airline and on the same day. However, the
inspectors were very firm in their refusal to allow it on board, even though
it had stickers clearing it as hand luggage from 5 other flights on that
same airline within that month.

--riverman

Just roundtriped form Reno to Belize through Dallas on American. No
problem carrying reels, lines, and rods (4 pc) on board. I put my flies in
my checked luggage.

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anyone try to fly out of the country lately with their fishin gear? any
major hassles?

snake

snakefiddler wrote:

anyone try to fly out of the country lately with their fishin gear? any
major hassles?

snake


Security is tighter in the states than outside (except Israel). Just
pack anything sharp into your check-in baggage.

Bill

Just roundtriped form Reno to Belize through Dallas on American. No
problem carrying reels, lines, and rods (4 pc) on board. I put my flies in
my checked luggage.

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anyone try to fly out of the country lately with their fishin gear? any
major hassles?

snake

On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 07:01:35 -0500, "snakefiddler"
wrote:

anyone try to fly out of the country lately with their fishin gear? any
major hassles?

snake

Me? Nope. But in the spirit of mending fences, I agreed to order the
pilot of my DC-to-Palm Beach flight to stop in Boston to pick up the
Tadster, who was also headed thataway. American was NOT pleased, but
**** 'em - they need us. So anyway, I went out to the concourse to meet
him, and was shocked to see him - an Hawaiian shirt, cargo shorts,
couple of flyrod cases, sandals with black socks and a Super Big Drink
cup full of rum and pineapple juice. "HOT FLOCKIN' DAMN, DUKESTER!
It's over and I'm goin' to the Keys!" he slurred. "Er, Tad, you might
want to check the fishing gear..." I suggested. "**** it! John Kerry
has a plan to allow me to carry it on!" he said. "OK, Tadster, old
bean. Whatever you say," I offered in the aforementioned spirit of
bipartisan bon homme. So off we went - well, to be fair, Tadster
staggered, but I digress - to the gate.

Upon arrival at the gate, I thought I'd have a little fun and winked at
the TSA inspector as I said, "Ya know, Tadster, that long tube thing
you're carrying almost looks like a shoulder-fired rocket or
something..." Imagine my amusement as the word "rocket" barely left my
lips and the TSA goon hit good ol' Tad with a full dose from an
ElectroSKORPION 900V30A Terrorist Submission Device stungun (which I
later learned is so named because it produces 900,000 volts at 30 amps).
As the Tadster's cocktail was now a almost-sickeningly sweet vapor, I
picked up the cup and collected his teeth and eyeballs from the floor,
put them in the cup, and filled it with water so the doctors could
perhaps reinstall them. And although his toenails had also escaped his
now-smoldering Gold Toes, I declined to collect these. I mean, this
spirit of across-the-isle cooperation only goes so far, dontchaknow, and
after the hookers told me what Tad likes to do with his feet, I wouldn't
touch those things with borrowed hands.

So anyway, as the guards were inspecting the Tadster's kit, I chuckled,
flashed my Skull Island ID, and said, "Don't worry boys, it's only
fishing gear - nothing to be worried about." "Good one, Dr. Duke!" the
head TSA man laughed, "Besides, it allowed us to check the SKORPION on
something besides a side of beef. Of course, it means we'll have to get
takeout for lunch..."

"Not to worry, boys. I'll call the Dickster and have him set you boys
up. He can just overbill the Government. Just call Haliburton, give
them your fax number and they'll fax over a menu - without prices, of
course, so order away!" We all laughed. Ah, yes, the spirit of
cooperation - it's the dawn of whole new bright, shining age!

HTH,
Raoul