Thread: Spinning Reel Protection?

Does anyone that travels to fishing destinations know of a type or brand of reel protection. Either on the rod or removed off the rod. I will be traveling to GS in July and my rod/reels/gear will be in the back of the pickup for a 12 hr. ride and would like to protect them some how.

Not sure they really need it unless you are worried about the getting rained on? Or stolen.

I use a rod carrier so I remove the reels and use a softsided tackle bag to store them in for the trip down and back.

I set up all my rods and reels at home (don't want to waste the time assembling when I first get down there) so I to have them all ready when I get down there, hooks and all.
I have them in my van wrapped on a couple of cheap tarps held together with a few bungees.
Unroll them and I am set to fish.
Going home the reels come off and get put in bags in a bucket so the rods take up less room wrapped in the tarps.
If you expect them to bounce around the truck bed I would wrap a towel around the reels or make sure something soft is under them.

I travel with my rods in the back of my pickup truck a lot of the time. Rain won't hurt them. They shouldn't bounce around. I'm not sure what it is that they need protection from. I take them out if when there's a chance they could be stolen, but that's NEVER happened, so I don't worry about that a whole lot, either.

I took a 4" piece of pvc pipe and put 2 caps that screw in, I cut some foam for both ends. I cut the pipe to a little over the length of my longest rod when it is broken down. I take the reels off the rods and put them in a storage tote wrapped in bubble wrap. I put all my saltwater rods in the tube. I think I have 3 or 4 rods in there.

Thanks everyone for your protection advice, I don't have really expensive equipment but i don't want to treat it like a Zebco 202

We use a small cooler to hold the reels, then use the cooler for live shrimp or bull minnows when we get here. Cooler works great with battery operated aerator. Rods are two pc. and stowed inside nylon tote that used to hold a camp chair.

Years ago when I had my 20'CC, I built a rod rack that went into the "divider board" slots in the bed of the pickup. Mainly to keep them organized and out of the way.
Other than that, protect your rods from sliding around and getting banged up/tips broken and you are good..

I packed my reels in a Tupperware container with clothes to cushion them, also cut a length of 4" sched 30 with screw on end caps for the rods. 26 hour trip to Maine in the Honda civic and all was good.