Originally Posted by
cyccommute
A four piece, 9.5' Sage rod fits nicely on the handlebars with a Relevate Design Harness. It's about as long as the handlebars of my bike.
I have a 4 piece Sage rod and its sections are ~27" long which is long enough to get in the way when I carry it on my bike's front bag.
A 6 piece rod I was looking at has sections that are 17" or 18" long and as a bonus costs 25% of my Sage rod. So it carries much easier and I'm less concerned about what happens to it when crash or a drag/carry/throw my bike around during bushwacking hike-a-bike moments.
The Orvis 7 piece rod is a tad shorter and priced between the Cabela's model and my Sage.
I've seen Tenkara rods that are around 20" long and even simpler so I may go that route.
My tent poles are ~18" so that's a convenient length to shoot for for my bikey fly rod.