Q&A | #24 - Taking YOUR GEAR With You (Fly Fishing Travel Tips)
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- Опубліковано 10 лют 2025
- In this video, Brian Flechsig at Mad River Outfitters discusses his favorite ways to travel with fly fishing gear.
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Really appreciate you all watching! Safe travels and share your travel stories with us, we’d love to hear them. 🤙
I don't know who edits these videos but they're amazing. When he put the glasses together and it made the Nintendo Switch snap sound I was dying laughing. It's fantastic.
Brendan McDonald Thanks for watching and stay tuned. We’re just getting started.
After watching your intro to fly fishing series, I went out and caught my first brook trout, thanks!
Thanks a ton for watching.
Always such great information thank you so much for putting videos together
Reddog Outdoors Thanks for watching!
Great timing! Headed to Colorado to a resort on the Fall River for my wedding/honeymoon. Keep up the awesome content!
Have a great trip. Thanks as always.
Thanks Brian, That is exactly what I was looking for!
Thanks for watching.
they had me at 5:32 with the RC airplane.
Thanks for watching.
Great info, but be very careful if you are planning international travel as lines may be taken off you, or, as happened to me, I went back through customs and immigration in Australia and got a bag and checked my reels in. A customs official seriously suggested I just discard my lines!
Never had a problem but you never know.
Fine suggestions for the angler who will check a larger bag. I do a lot of quick trips so I skip the checked bag and need a lot more cubic inches for my carryon bag. With a traditional carry on duffel bag plus a personal item pack, I am trying to figure out if I can sneak the usual 30 inch tube for a 4 piece rod strapped to my personal item pack.... thus avoiding an 8 piece rod. At 8-10 inches too long I wonder who will play "bad cop" on me. Your big carryon bag is suppose to be up to 22 inches long. The small pack is suppose to be up to around 19 inches. Who leads off base with a 30 inch tube and gets away with it? By the way, my answer to a waterproof pack is a couple of light weight dry bags. They are cheap and functional.
Thanks for watching and please contact the shop if you have questions. They do alot of traveling and can help.
Hey Brian!
I just received my fishpond Dakota from you guys a couple of weeks ago.
Shipped to Australia in under a week! That’s unbelievable!
I have a question, I’m travelling to Greenland this August from Australia (hence the purchase), I need to keep weight to a minimum due to air Greenland only allowing 20kgs of checked luggage.
I was wondering whether you guys remove your rods from the tubes in travel?
I’m worried my beloved Winston’s will get damaged at the heavy hands of the airlines.
@@MitchSFishing Thanks for watching and thanks for the support. Please send your questions directly to Brian at the shop and he’ll be happy to help. You can email him or call him. He doesn’t monitor comments here but does of course monitor there.
Waist belt for fishpond backpack comes off. Just Velcro. I have one.
That is correct. Thanks for watching.
So you carry the rod and reel case and a backpack on board? thanks
Yup, store the rod and reel case over head and put the backpack between your legs, for quick snack access. 🤙
Mad River Outfitters .....thx!
So are you saying that this 35L Simms backpack qualifies as a personal item that will fit under the seat? I plan to use it, if I buy it with it virutally empty but with my personal itmes and a few clothing itmes. Plan to use the the backpack as my personal itme and Fishpound reel travel case as the case that goes in the overhead bid. Does that sound like the arilines will allow this???? Are you sure?
Feel free to give Brian a call at the shop or send him an e-mail. He'll be happy to answer your questions. Thanks.
The only issue with carrying on a rod case like those is they don’t fit well in the overhead compartment. You’ll be that guy that takes up all the space in the overhead with an ill fitting case. They do fit under the seat but it takes up the entire length of the floor under you. If you don’t have a window seat then you run the risk of it getting stepped on if your neighbor needs to get up. Unless I know I’m sitting in first class I don’t bring my rod case ( I have the Orvis Safe Passage Carryall).
We typically put them in the Attendant "Closet" in the front of the plane. If you ask nicely, it's usually not a problem. We carry these on all the time as do many folks who travel with us.
Mad River Outfitters I had not thought about asking to use the attendant’s closet. I’ll try that next time!
11jt2007 Usually not a problem.
Great content, fortunately for me it is much simpler as I don't fly. Think John Madden
Well that makes it easy. Thanks for watching anyways.
The mad river rod/reel case no longer for sale?
Apparently it is not.
"It's a grey area, whichever forum you look in! I travel a lot on fishing trips and have only had problems with fishing gear in handluggage twice; both times it was line. Once in Dominican Republic, where I was not allowed to go back out and put the reels in my hold luggage, so had to unspool more than a mile of mono, braid and fly lines, then chuck it away"
This is a problem i could see happening. i also had my suitcase stolen at the airport when i arrived once so im not sure what is best :( maybe having 1 rod and reel in hand luggage and 1rod and reel in the suitcase.
I have been let on with lead weights in my hand luggage before
Agreed. A gray area. Have never had a problem with lines but you can never say never.
I would be very careful trying to take a fly reel with line on it onto a plane. I have heard that the line tends to get flagged and you do not want to lose your $50-100 fly line......Also thank you for being honest about brands and quality, a lot of brands like to make it sound like their gear is the best even when it is not. Great Video!
Texas River Legends I have traveled throughout the US with my reels with line on them in my carry on and have never had a problem. I was afraid of taking aluminum rod tubes on as a carry on also but never had an issue. As for hooks I never had an issue either.
Additional note: I only fly on Delta and had no issues, I can’t speak for what other airlines might do.
@@11jt2007 Oh ok cool! I had heard the line would get flagged so I did not risk it, but that's good to know!
Never had a problem with reels and lines but you never know. Can't ever say for sure.
Absolutely love this! 🔥 This makes me want to book my next trip asap. Definitely going to subscribe. We just started a couples travel vlog so this is motivation! Check us out! We're a smaller channel but hoping to grow and support other channels with travel inspo like this one!🧡❤️💛💚💙💜
Thanks for watching and please stay tuned.
Went to Cabo San Lucas from Vancouver Canada this winter.I took my look alike fishpond carry on bag and got it on Canadian plane carry on.Coming back different story Mexican immagration no way had to go checked allso one other guy from usa got refused so be warned.
Thanks for sharing and thanks for watching.
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