US 5,341,590 AGranted

Carrying case for fly fishing rod and reel

OwnerAllen Hepworth, Gordon Smith +1inventors

InventorsAllen Hepworth, Gordon Smith, Walter Johb

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Abstract

This invention provides a rigid, floating, carrying case for a fly fishing reel mounted on a fly fishing rod. The case has a tubular main body and features a hinged, end door for access to the rod and reel. The door can be closed to render airtight the end of the case. The case will then float indefinitely, with the airtight end bobbing visibly out of the water. The end door contains a small fly tackle compartment. A set of plastic rod clips, each rod clip comprising a plurality of branched clips of varied diameters, enables sections of a fly fishing rod to be clipped together alongside each other to fit into the case.

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Dependent claims

A floating, rigid, carrying case for a fly fishing rod and mounted reel, comprising:

a) a tubular main body for containing a fly fishing rod;
b) an end cap sealed onto a first end of the tubular main body;
c) a reel compartment body for containing a portion of the rod to which the reel is mounted and for containing the reel, affixed to a second end of the tubular main body;
d) an end door attached by a hinge joint to the reel compartment for giving access to withdraw and insert the rod and reel from and into the case, the end door containing an inner door to an inner tackle compartment within the end door;
e) a snap tab that fits under a snap bridge to releasably hold the end door in a closed position on the reel compartment.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.