New use for a pool noodle

The problem
I don't know about the rest of you but I have the damndest time trying to get pre rigged anything back in its orginal package, or after making a rig where to put it without it turning into a giant ball of tangled @#$%.

The solution
One day I watched a video of some English guy using Pipe insulation for his lines on You Tube.  That gave me an idea:

1I took a foot long section of old pool noodle.

2 I take the Rock Cod Rig and Press the Swivel into the noodle as far as it can go,

3 Wrap the RC rig around the noodle until you get to the first hook, bury the hook into the noodle,

4 wrap until you get to the second hook and do the same,

5 When you get to the swivel for the weight, bury it in the noodle but not as deep as the previous swivel so you can tell the difference,

6 Move an inch or two and start on the next one, depending on type of RC rig or other rig you can 6-8 on a foot long section of pool noodle.

Advantages: Easy to clean, throw it in a bucket when your done soak it/hose it off.   If it falls over board, it floats!  No more tangled messes.  Cheap, I bet you got a chunk of pool noodle laying around right now you could od this with.  Less chance of getting hooks in the hand.  I also plan on trying this whith a salmon rig or two to see how it works.

Disadvantages:  I haven't come across any, but I suppose if I took a bunch of these salmon fishing then went RC fishing, I would be bending a lot of hooks, but that would imply I have caught a salmon wich hasn't happend yet.

I will Post pics later.

Works fine but make sure you wash off after going into salt or you'll get a bunch of rusted hooks.

Color code them. Pretied barbed hooks on green, barbless on orange.

The only downside I've experienced is losing one overboard and having to chase it down - keep it in the hatch.

That's how I keep my halibut bait rigs.  Works really well.  They wedge perfectly in an old small Pelican case I had lying around.

Color code them. Pretied barbed hooks on green, barbless on orange.

The only downside I've experienced is losing one overboard and having to chase it down - keep it in the hatch.

I have a few floating around Trinidad after my yard sale a few weeks ago. Lol

This is how I handle sabiki rigs after using them...because it's a bitch to get them back in the package OTW!

if you know any electricians or computer store folks-the lights and control boxes come in cardboard with really sweet dense foam packing materials..they toss in the dumpster...I have gotten enough from the jobsite dumpster next to my work to stuff a small kayak one day and use em also for hook and rigging wraps

This is how I handle sabiki rigs after using them...because it's a bitch to get them back in the package OTW!

I do the same thing.

I saw a commercially produced one at Sportsmans Warehouse.. with the foam. Kind of like the tackle buddy which I have used for years it has endcaps for sinker storage. In the ocean, cheaper is better so the pool noodle is a great idea.

Already wrap my pre tied rigs on a pool noodle.