I saw this going the opposite way yesterday and just now was able to google it. Was pretty obvious what it was when I saw it. I t was a River Smith River Quiver. Basically an aluminum tube with a plastic locking rear end to containing the reels on the rods. Great design from the outside looking in. Should be a way to do an similar adjustable design for surf rods, obviously accounting for different reel seat measurements. Not cheap, as the two banger ran around 4 bills.

I've been looking at the commercially-available versions and can't justify the price "just for a fly rod." There are a lot of DIY options online which incorporate PVC tubes and ammo dry boxes which I may pursue, but I'm not sure it could easily be applied to a surf rod in the same way. The closest I've seen for surf rods was that one made by Thule many years ago and it had its flaws. Honestly, I think it's tough to beat a good old ski rack for carrying a surf rod and I've owned just about every surf rod rack out there at one time or another.

The closest I've seen for surf rods was that one made by Thule many years ago and it had its flaws.
I had one, it wasn't good.

Dude Keith from Connecticut that I used to fish the backside with 20yrs ago had made a similar thing out of pvc pipe that u could easily slip 2 10 ft two piece rods with reels attached into it with capped hinge bolted through from inside that u could padlock shut. Was odd looking but functioned well for him on top of his Durango. Last time I ran into him about 3 yrs ago at canal it was still goin strong
By buddy is still using my locking ski racks from the late 90's
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I used my locking roof rack for years. I had a Lampson 4 reel and a Thompson and Thompson 10 wt. rod so there was about $800 in the outfit with the line, etc. I could lock the reel seat under the bar. I still have them in my big garage and I believe they are Yakima

I have the best rod holder for an open bed truck easy PVC build
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I betcha those trout fishermen have north of $1500 in each of the holders
Pretty much Orvised out, and they’ll be estatic with a 16” fish
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