Abstract: A fishing rod case is provided for holding a rigged fly (or other) fishing rod. The case includes a sleeve, with distal and proximal sections and a flexible middle section, and, optionally, a reel housing on one end of the proximal section. With the reel housing open, a rigged rod may be inserted into the sleeve. The sleeve is bunched in the middle section and the rod grasped through the sleeve on opposite sides of a ferrule of the rod. The two sections of the rod may then be pulled apart at the ferrule and the sleeve folded so that the distal and proximal sections of the sleeve are adjacent and parallel to each other. One or more straps may be used to hold the two sections of the sleeve together.

Abstract: A fishing rod case is provided for holding a rigged fly (or other) fishing rod. The case includes a sleeve, with distal and proximal sections and a flexible middle section, and, optionally, a reel housing on one end of the proximal section. With the reel housing open, a rigged rod may be inserted into the sleeve. The sleeve is bunched in the middle section and the rod grasped through the sleeve on opposite sides of a ferrule of the rod. The two sections of the rod may then be pulled apart at the ferrule and the sleeve folded so that the distal and proximal sections of the sleeve are adjacent and parallel to each other. One or more straps may be used to hold the two sections of the sleeve together.