Warehouse storage and retrieval system for fishing rods and fishing rod blanks

A framework structure for storing fishing rod blanks comprising:

• a plurality of front horizontal supports, and a plurality of rear horizontal supports;
• a plurality of individual storage receptacles supported between the plurality of front horizontal supports and the rear horizontal supports in a horizontal orientation, each receptacle having an open end proximate the plurality of front horizontal supports and an opposing closed end proximate the plurality of rear horizontal supports;
• and
• a database storing a spatial location of each of the fishing rod blanks corresponding to a respective individual storage receptacle within the framework structure

A warehouse storage and retrieval method for fishing rod blanks comprising:

• providing a framework structure comprising a plurality of front horizontal supports, and a plurality of rear horizontal supports;
• positioning a plurality of individual storage receptacles supported between the plurality of front horizontal supports and the rear horizontal supports in a horizontal orientation, each receptacle having an open end proximate the plurality of front horizontal supports and an opposing closed end proximate the plurality of rear horizontal supports;
• inserting a plurality of fishing rod blanks within the plurality of individual storage receptacles, and each fishing rod blank having an identifying tag storing data;
• and
• storing in a database a spatial location of each of the fishing rod blanks corresponding to a respective individual storage receptacle within the framework structure.