Andries Stilte as a Standard Bearer, Johannes Cornelisz Verspronck, oil on canvas, 41 x 31 in. (104 x 79 cm), in the collection of the National Gallery of Art, DC, which has both a zoomable and downloadable version of the image.

I hadn’t heard of 17th century Dutch painter Johannes Verspronk until I came across this painting while browsing the National Gallery site.

The portrait grabbed my attention with its striking persence and dimenaionality, the latter largely accompished by the extended elbow and the overall value structure, which thrusts the figure forward into the light out of the dark background..

Meticulous attention is paind to the uniform, a symbol of the subject’s rank and position in the malitia. Though some of the elements, like the feathers, are handled quite economically.

Why I Built this Project

We needed a simple solution for all the our fishing rods.  We have many different lengths of fishing rods, from ice fishing rods to longer rods for bigger fish.I wanted to create a system that was compact and easy to use, fit all the different rods, without requiring expensive hardware or mounting on the wall.  

I have been thinking on this for many weeks, and built a few prototypes.  I discovered that placing the rods inside, with the handle extended down, created a self holding system with the fishing line pushing the rod out, holding the rods in place.

This system works well with rods with reels and lines.  It may work with just rods or jut rods with reels, but not as well.

I ended up building two different versions - a tall version and a half height version. 

  

Ultimately, I felt that a version in the middle of these two was the gather choice - three rungs high, but extend all the way to the ceiling so the rods could rest on something if they strayed right or left.  This is done in the plans.

Why We Love this Fishing Rod Rack

• Holds many fishing rods of different sizes in a tiered design, so you get more storage in the same footprint
• Easy to set rods in place
• Great for different length rods
• Reels set on the inside to further protect
• Very easy to build and customize
• Leans against the wall - no holes in the wall

 

How I Built this Project

This was a very easy project to build -  I used a compound miter saw to make all the board cuts.

Then I layed the legs out on a work surface (could be an even garage floor too)

Then lay out the 1x8 boards on top, and screw down with 1-3/4" self tapping star bit screws.

You could probably get away with a 1x6 board but I liked the 1x8s because it gives lots of room for the rod handle to land on the board.

Installation is simply leaning against the wall.  Then just set the rods on it!

 

Watch!  Build Video for This Project

VIDEO COMING SOON

 

Free Plans to Build Your Own Leaning Fishing Rod Rack

Ready to build this yourself?  Here's the free plans, enjoy!

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