[quote author=old_salt link=1289447665/10#15 date=1289670763Not looking to mess with your system, but...

I have a 3" diameter PVC about 3 1/2' long, strapped in behind the bow seat under the thwarts and gunnels on one side of canoe. It can hold up to 5 rods. I just rest the butts on top of the thwarts in front of me, and strap them down. When, I'm ready to fish, I just release the strap in front of me, and draw the preferred weapon. No rod assembly required. Mine are ready to go. But, I certainly have no issue with those who prefer a different system.[/quote]

I'm confused Old Salt, what do you mean when you say that your rod case is three and one half feet long but no rod assembly is required?
This past spring I built my own rod case out of PVC pipe with a cap on one end and a threaded cap on the other. I made it just long enough to hold three, two piece rods. That was the first and the last time I will use that rod case (or maybe another kind)!!! It was just too akward to carry and lash in the canoe, not to mention too heavy. Next time I'm just bungee strapping the rods in the canoe, when I want to fish, debungee and pull the line through the guides and tie one on (a lure that is).