“Shipped fast, lock feels secure, and was easy to assemble”
“Super super helpful customer service and high quality product!!”
“great product, would buy again!”
Keep your fly rods fully assembled, protected and ready to fish with a durable rooftop carrier built around your vehicle and your needs.
Made in and shipped from the Santa Cruz Mountains. Questions? See our Help page.
Durable where it matters
Durable where it matters.
Designed for anglers who actually use their gear. Strong components, rigid carrier options and protective construction help keep your rod protected from one fishing spot to the next.
Easy to put together
Flexible doesn’t have to mean complicated.
Choose your carrier, source the recommended tube locally, assemble it and mount it to your rack. A simple setup with the freedom to make it yours.
Pick your rods, security and build.
Source the tube locally and fit the kit.
Attach it to your rack.
Sensible price
Pay for the carrier, not the lifestyle-brand markup.
A high-quality, configurable system designed to do the job without the premium price attached to many complete rooftop carriers.
“This is a great substitute for the $500-700 versions!!”
From customers' rigs
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★★★★★Between stops
Move spots without starting over.
No taking your rod apart, packing it away, then rebuilding it again. Your setup stays together between stops.
Ready when you are
No more breaking it down between spots.
Slide your fully assembled fly rod into the carrier, hit the road, and pull it out ready to fish when you arrive.
Configurable
Your vehicle. Your rods. Your length.
Choose single or double rod, basic or locking, then build the carrier length that works for your vehicle instead of settling for a fixed-size system.
Single · Double
Basic · Locking
Cut to your vehicle
Santa Cruz Mountains, CA
Hand-built in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
Every Mitchell Pacific product is designed, manufactured and packed by hand in a small California workshop, not pulled from a mass-production warehouse.
Enthusiastic, experienced angler. Founder, Mitchell Pacific
Ben designs and builds every Mitchell Pacific carrier himself, in the same small workshop where each order is printed, assembled and packed by hand. The gear on this page is the gear he fishes with.
Customer stories
This is a great substitute for the $500-700 versions!!
Shipped fast, lock feels secure, and was easy to assemble
I shopped around, and the only items available were 2-pole carriers for 4-5X the amount I paid for this one. It's of good quality, and the customer service is over the top.
The quality of the 3D printing is a 10. The way the rod sleeve is incorporated into the design is perfect.
My initial impressions are very favorable! The construction is very sturdy.
Customization
Tell us about your setup.
Need a custom color, a different length, color-matched spacers or something else? Add a note and Ben will get back to you before your order is made.
Great kit. I bought the locking emt set up. The quality of the 3D printing is a 10. The way the rod sleeve is incorporated into the design is perfect. My rack allowed me to use emt saddle brackets making it so easy to attach and all supplies where had at hd. I padded the reel box with saved foam packing. I am happy to have seen this rod holder as I was never going to spend 500 or more on on a rod tube.
Super super helpful customer service and high quality product!! Got this as a gift for my fiancé and i didn’t know any of the materials needed and he sent me all the details. This is a great substitute for the $500-700 versions!!
Shipped fast, lock feels secure, and was easy to assemble
Great item. The schedule 80 vs schedule 40 pipe is important.
This is a great solution to a expensive problem.It worked out very nicely on top of my vehicle. Even with the hatchback it was okay to place it a little forward and out of the way.
great product, would buy again!
Absolutely perfect solution to a silly problem. There’s zero reason a certain rod carrier that rhymes with shiver giver should cost 500+ bucks. And the other options where they should be priced are just flimsy. Didn’t have schedule 80 available near me so I used sch40. Reel end fit perfect. I just wrapped the male portion of the cap end in 1.75 filament and acetoned it on there. Made it fit perfect. Great product.
Wow! The way my husband's face lit up when he opened gift, he was so happy! The quality of materials is great, communication was fantastic regarding some hiccups and shipping, and overall, I'm giving a high recommendation!
Ben, my new rooftop fly rod carrier arrived today. My initial impressions are very favorable! The construction is very sturdy. I am heading out to purchase the PVC pipe and roof rack straps to complete the assembly of the full roof rack. What a great idea you have here! And, so much more cost effective than the commerically produced carriers!
Once I have it all mounted on my Bronco I will send a picture. Andrew
I shopped around, and the only items available were 2-pole carriers for 4-5X the amount I paid for this one. It's of good quality, and the customer service is over the top.
