Just before the 8 day left in October, I was sitting behind the truck waiting for the guys to show up. An older gentleman pulled into the parking spot next to me and began unloading his gear for a 3 day. Anyway out came his rods with his DIY rod carrying handle. He made it out of Schedule 40 PVC, heated it with a heat gun and bent and molded it into this handle. He applied a camo paint job. All in all i figure he has about $8 invested. It's secured with velcro straps around the rods and handle. Pretty ingenious if I do say so.
There looks to be some Paracord threaded thru there... Definitely clever. Carrying 3 rods a half mile down the beach gets really really old. Maybe I'll try to rig up something similar. Minus the camo paint job, I wanna be able to find it.
I like it; might have to give it a try.
Frank