Just wondering if I’ll have a problem carrying on a rod tub (four peice rod size) along WITH a carry on back pack (the tub is about 3 inches longer ???) or should it go in with the checked bag. I will have a carry on camera bag as well.
Don’t know about Delta, but I have not had a problem with a small backpack and a four piece rod tube on United, Southwest and Continental.
If your rod tube is metal, you may have a problem with TSA. If you have a plastic or PVC tube, there should be no issue.
Good Luck,
Ted
I just put my rod tube in my checked luggage and get no hassle.
I’ve flown on Delta twice now to Florida, with the exact same carry (except camera bag) on as yours, with no problems. I also had a small carry on piece of luggage. If there was room on the flight all three went on with me. If not the carry on luggage was checked at the gate and picked up at the gate when I got off the plane.
I’ve had no problem with 4 piece rod tubes on Delta. In fact, the last time I flew I had strapped two together with a shoulder sling attached, along with a back pack. Just make sure the tubes are plastic, not metal. The cloth covered ones are better since they look more like rod tubes. Raw PVC tubes could be mistaken for a pipe bomb.
No problem with Delta, I just carried a 4 pcs rod tube all the way to Seoul South Korea this past Tuesday.
I travel all over the planet. (airline pilot) I drag a roll-aboard, my flight bag, and one or 2 fly rod cases. The White River ones from BPS. Reels, fly boxes, and all the goods short of a knife. Never had a problem with Delta or any other, including TSA. (most of the TSA folks ask where I’m going and wish me luck!) ONE time the American gate agent called my rod case a 3rd carry-on and made me gate check my roll-aboard. I don’t usually travel in uniform, so “special treatment” isn’t an issue. My rods are 4 piece in 34" cases.
Thanks for the replies. I may try taking two rods lashed together. …but then again…I may be screwed with the fishing for a while. Tore my rotator cuff on Sunday. Looks like my fishing days may be over for a while. (long list of very colorful swear words go here…). It also looks like this trip which was going to be just a short 4 day one, may now be a two weeker. I’ll know more in a couple of days. Thankfully, it’s all expenses paid.
Sounds like a good opportunity to learn to cast with your other hand. I had tendonitis in the wrist of my casting hand a few years ago and practised casting with my other hand. It is a good skill to have that will often come in handy.
Hope you heal quickly,
Ted
It’s not the first time I’ve had problems with this shoulder. I spent over a year fishing left handed a few years ago. I got quite good at it. Even today, often switch to get out of difficulty with obstacles or when my right arm tires. After six months of physio, my right shoulder came back. The issue now is that my left arm isn’t that great after it was torn apart by a grizzly bear. It functions ok, but constant tendonitis in the elbow and I just don’t have much strength in it. It tires very quickly.
Get your doctor to prescribe pain patches, made with Lidocane. They work and will stop pain spasms in shoulder or arm as well. I still use them.
Hugs,
LF