GB1604273A - Assembled tackle fishing rod carrier - Google Patents

Description

(54) ASSEMBLED TACKLE FISHING ROD CARRIER (71) We, SKENE THOMSON (BRITISH) of 8 Lunan Terrace, Dundee, Scotland, DD4 7NG, do hereby declare the invention for which we pray that a patent may be granted to us, and the method by which it is to be performed, to be particularly described in and by the following statement: This invention relates to a device suitable to contain or transport a dry fly fishing rod which has been fully assembled with its reel, line, leader and fly but which is split at the ferrule into two parts and folded for insertion into the device.

According to the invention there is provided a container for fishing tackle capable of accommodating a fishing rod with a reel attached thereto, the container comprising an elongate tubular chamber of sufficient length to accommodate a rod divided into two or more pieces and an associated reel chamber, positioned in the vicinity of one end of the said tubular chamber for accommodating a reel attached to the rod, said reel chamber having an opening through which the divided rod can be inserted into and removed from said container and a closure member for closing said opening.

An embodiment of the invention will now be described,by way of example, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which, Figure 1 is an elevation of a rod case, Figure 2 is an outline of a rod ready for insertion in the case, Figure 3 and 4 are scrap views of Figure 1 to an enlarged scale, Figure 5 is a section on the line V-V of Figure 4, and Figure 6 is a section on the line VI-VI of Figure 3.

Figure 1 shows a device suitable to contain or transport a dry fly fishing rod which has been fully assembled with its reel, line, leader and fly but which is split at the ferrule into two parts and folded for insertion into the device. Such a rod is shown in outline in Figure 2.

In the drawings the rod case 1 is a plastic cylinder of, say, 1" diameter and 4'2" long, having a reel case of 4" diameter which is 3" wide attached to it. Part of the reel case is formed by a hinged flap 3, this flap being the full 3" wide and forming part of the circumference of the case, the hinge allowing it to swing open, as shown in Figure 1, for entry and egress of the rod. The end of the case can be closed by a push-on locking end cap 4 which can be secured to the case by cooperating surfaces 5 on the case 1 and cap 4 as will be described later. The cap 4 will then also hold flap 3 shut.

The other end of the case is closed by a plastic disc end seal 6 which has a drain hole 8 through it. A foam insert 7 is provided at each end to prevent the rod rattling about in the case. The cap 4 is tied by a cord 10 to the case and has a hole 9 for storing the ferrule plug.

The push-on end cap can be locked to the end of the case by a wedge arrangement. Referring first to Figure 5, three concentric crosssections are shown. The outer cross-section is a cover 12: the middle cross-section is the wedge member 5 and the inner cross-section is an overrider prevention tube 13. The member 5 consists of a short length of plastic tube cut in approximately a half cylinder with the cut at a slight angle to the axial direction, as seen in Figure 4. The end of tube 1 is cut with cooperating wedge surfaces 5 as seen in Figures 3 and6.

When the cap is placed over the end of case 1, tube 12 slides freely over the case 1, wedges 5 cooperate together and tube 13 slides inside case 1. Thus as the wedges co-operate, tubes 12 and 13 keep the wedges in engagement and prevent them moving inwards or outwards. The wedges hold the end cap very firmly in position.

When using the device of the invention, the tackle is assembled at home in good light and thoroughly checked. The rod is split at the ferrule and the two sections of the rod are fed into the rod case, reel last. The flap 3 is closed and the locking cap 4 pushed on. The last movement of the locking cap embeds the rod ends into the plastic foam inserts 7 and prevents rattling of the rod within the rod case during transit and possible wear or damage to the rod. On reaching the waterside the rod can be extracted from the carrier, joined at the ferrule and be ready for fishing in less than one minute.

Normal assembly of tackle at the waterside is a time consuming problem, the steps required to fully assembly a two piece dry fly rod are set out below and take from 15 minutes to half an hour for the less gifted, inexperienced or poorly organised angler.

Assembly of an 8 ft two piece dry fly rod involves the following steps 1. Bring out rod case 2. Screw off rod cap 3. Store rod case cap temporarily in boot of car 4. Remove rod bag from rod case 5. Lay rod and bag aside 6. Screw on rod case cap 7. Place rod case back in boot of car 8. Collect cloth rod bag 9. Undo the two tags holding bag closed 10. Remove the two rod sections from the bag 11. Put the rod sections carefully aside 12. Fold and place rod bag in boot of car 13. Collect rod, remove ferrule plug 14. Store ferrule plug 15. Join up rod at the ferrule 16. Align rod rings 17. Place the rod in a safe position leaning against car 18. Find the reel case in the fishing bag 19. Open the reel case 20. Lay reel aside 21. Return reel case to bag 22. Collect rod and reel 23. Locate reel into reel slot of rod butt 24. Screw or push up reel retaining ring 25. Locate fly line end in reel cage 26. Pull end of line through reel line guide 27. Thread line through rod rings 28. Place rod in safe position 29. Find cast wallet in fishing bag 30. Open wallet and extract leader container 31. Temporaily store wallet 32. Remove leader from container 33. Lay aside leader 34. Place leader container in wallet 35. Close wallet and store in fishing bag 36. Collect leader and unwind it 37. Find fly line end 38. Tie fly line end to leader with knot 39. Place rod in a safe position 40. Find the fly box 41. Open the fly box 42. Select a fly 43. Close fly box and return to the bag 44. Find leader end and thread through fly eye 45. Tie knot to attach fly to leader 46. Find scissors 47. Cut off excess nylon end 48. Return scissors to bag 49. Find fly floatant spray 50. Remove cap 51. Spray fly 52. Restore cap 53. Store fly spray 54. Hook fly into fly retaining ring 55. Reel in loose line.

The tackle is now fully assembled.

The assembly steps of a simple two piece dry fly rod have been described. There are, however, common problems of assembly that plague the perfect sighted, experienced and nimble fingered angler. Clumsy, short sighted, inexperienced, or blind or disabled anglers can find the assembly of fishing tackle a serious problem or an impossible task.

Typical problems are: 1. Fly line end lost in reel coils.

2. Fly line end found but is looped through other line coils so that the line will not pull off the reel.

3. Rod ring missed by line on initial assembly.

4. Fly eye full of varnish requiring a needle to clear it.

5. Leader to fly line knot not known or forgotten.

6. Leader to fly is very difficult to thread in bad light.

7. Leader to fly knot is a feat of good eyesight and nimble fingers. Can often go wrong.

Very difficult for the inexperienced.

8. Reel, leader, flies, scissors, etc., left behind.

9. Hired tacke - parts dont fit together, etc.

The device constructed in accordance with the invention and described contains all the basic elements required for other designs of rod rod carrier suitable to carry fully assembled fixed spool reel tackle, bait casting tackle or multiplying reel tackle.

A rod suitable to hold several types of assembled tackle carriers can also be easily made for use inside estate type cars.

The device would be of use to all efficiency minded anglers, tackle line shops, partially sighted or disabled anglers and any person having to assemble several rods for young or inexperienced anglers.

WHAT WE CLAIM IS: 1. A container for fishing tackle capable of accommodating a fishing rod with a reel attached thereto, the container comprising an elongate tubular chamber of sufficient length to accommodate a rod divided into two or more pieces and an associated reel chamber, positioned in the vicinity of one end of the said tubular chamber, for accommodating a reel attached to the rod, said reel chamber having an opening through which the divided rod can be inserted into and removed from said container and a closure member for closing said opening.

2. A container as claimed in claim 1, in which said closure member is a locking cap incorporating a split tubular wedge.

3. A container as claimed in claim 1 or claim 2, having at the end of the tubular chamber remote from the reel chamber an insert of soft material to prevent or reduce movement of rod sections contained therein.

4. A container for fishing tackle comprising a combined rod and reel case substantially as hereinbefore described.

5. A rod case and reel case combined as a container for assembled fishing tackle, closed

**WARNING** end of DESC field may overlap start of CLMS **.

Claims (5)

**WARNING** start of CLMS field may overlap end of DESC **. hour for the less gifted, inexperienced or poorly organised angler. Assembly of an 8 ft two piece dry fly rod involves the following steps 1. Bring out rod case 2. Screw off rod cap 3. Store rod case cap temporarily in boot of car 4. Remove rod bag from rod case 5. Lay rod and bag aside 6. Screw on rod case cap 7. Place rod case back in boot of car 8. Collect cloth rod bag 9. Undo the two tags holding bag closed 10. Remove the two rod sections from the bag 11. Put the rod sections carefully aside 12. Fold and place rod bag in boot of car 13. Collect rod, remove ferrule plug 14. Store ferrule plug 15. Join up rod at the ferrule 16. Align rod rings 17. Place the rod in a safe position leaning against car 18. Find the reel case in the fishing bag 19. Open the reel case 20. Lay reel aside 21. Return reel case to bag 22. Collect rod and reel 23. Locate reel into reel slot of rod butt 24. Screw or push up reel retaining ring 25. Locate fly line end in reel cage 26. Pull end of line through reel line guide 27. Thread line through rod rings 28. Place rod in safe position 29. Find cast wallet in fishing bag 30. Open wallet and extract leader container 31. Temporaily store wallet 32. Remove leader from container 33. Lay aside leader 34. Place leader container in wallet 35. Close wallet and store in fishing bag 36. Collect leader and unwind it 37. Find fly line end 38. Tie fly line end to leader with knot 39. Place rod in a safe position 40. Find the fly box 41. Open the fly box 42. Select a fly 43. Close fly box and return to the bag 44. Find leader end and thread through fly eye 45. Tie knot to attach fly to leader 46. Find scissors 47. Cut off excess nylon end 48. Return scissors to bag 49. Find fly floatant spray 50. Remove cap 51. Spray fly 52. Restore cap 53. Store fly spray 54. Hook fly into fly retaining ring 55. Reel in loose line. The tackle is now fully assembled. The assembly steps of a simple two piece dry fly rod have been described. There are, however, common problems of assembly that plague the perfect sighted, experienced and nimble fingered angler. Clumsy, short sighted, inexperienced, or blind or disabled anglers can find the assembly of fishing tackle a serious problem or an impossible task. Typical problems are:

1. Fly line end lost in reel coils.

2. Fly line end found but is looped through other line coils so that the line will not pull off the reel.

3. Rod ring missed by line on initial assembly.

4. Fly eye full of varnish requiring a needle to clear it.

5. A rod case and reel case combined as a container for assembled fishing tackle, closed

and sealed by a locking cap containing a split tubular wedge and an insert of spongy material.

5. Leader to fly line knot not known or forgotten.

6. Leader to fly is very difficult to thread in bad light.

7. Leader to fly knot is a feat of good eyesight and nimble fingers. Can often go wrong.

Very difficult for the inexperienced.

8. Reel, leader, flies, scissors, etc., left behind.

9. Hired tacke - parts dont fit together, etc.

The device constructed in accordance with the invention and described contains all the basic elements required for other designs of rod rod carrier suitable to carry fully assembled fixed spool reel tackle, bait casting tackle or multiplying reel tackle.

A rod suitable to hold several types of assembled tackle carriers can also be easily made for use inside estate type cars.

The device would be of use to all efficiency minded anglers, tackle line shops, partially sighted or disabled anglers and any person having to assemble several rods for young or inexperienced anglers.

WHAT WE CLAIM IS:

1. A container for fishing tackle capable of accommodating a fishing rod with a reel attached thereto, the container comprising an elongate tubular chamber of sufficient length to accommodate a rod divided into two or more pieces and an associated reel chamber, positioned in the vicinity of one end of the said tubular chamber, for accommodating a reel attached to the rod, said reel chamber having an opening through which the divided rod can be inserted into and removed from said container and a closure member for closing said opening.

2. A container as claimed in claim 1, in which said closure member is a locking cap incorporating a split tubular wedge.

3. A container as claimed in claim 1 or claim 2, having at the end of the tubular chamber remote from the reel chamber an insert of soft material to prevent or reduce movement of rod sections contained therein.

4. A container for fishing tackle comprising a combined rod and reel case substantially as hereinbefore described.