Yesterday I went down to the basement to retrieve a couple rods to mount a couple new reels I just received. To my dismay a homemade rod rack I had mounted to the ceiling joists had come down. Over a dozen of my saltwater combos were strewn about - heavy trolling rods, surf rods, boat rods and several "spare" rods of all types. I expected some damage, but luckily there was none. That was bad but now for the near catastrophe - guess what was stacked up just about directly underneath - yep a dozen of my Kistler rods - the whole mess that came down missed that stacked up group of rods by less than 6 inches. Could have been a major financial loss there. I haven't been so scared to look since Eli shut the motel door on my rod bag with 6 Kistlers in it a couple years ago. Lesson learned: now my "good stuff" has been relocated to a more secure location, where nothing can fall on or against them. An ounce of prevention, etc. Never even gave a thought to the possibility of that rod rack comming down. All my rods will now be kept in VERTICAL rod racks. :wink:
Sounds like you should lock them in a vault and never take them out. Use some ugly sticks.