Carrying case for a fishing rod and reel

Claim 1

A carrying case for a fishing rod and reel comprising a casing body formed of two elongated sections movably interconnected with one another; each of said sections being fabricated of a rigid material and consisting of a main wall portion and a peripheral flange portion projecting substantially perpendicular to the main wall portion and being substantially flat in a plane perpendicular to said main wall portion, said flange portion having a substantially linear side, said sections being interconnected between the juxtaposition of said linear side with the linear side of the other section, whereby, when said sections are closed, said interconnecting flange portions form a substantially flat surface; said peripheral flange portions each having a substantially continuous flat edge, said edge on one section abutting against the edge on the other section when said carrying case is closed; each of said sections having a handle portion formed integrally with the peripheral flange portion on the side opposite its interconnection with the other section, said handle portions being juxtaposed to one another when said casing is closed to provide a carrying handle therefor, said handle portion being positioned in a portion of said casing body which is accessible when said flat surface is resting on a supporting surface; one of said main wall portions having a depression formed therein, such depression being directed opposite from the peripheral flange thereon; said depression providing a receiving pocket for a reel so that a fishing rod and attached reel can be stored within said carrying case without the need of removing said reel from said rod; and said carrying case, including pins mounted on the section opposite that section having said depression, said pins being spaced apart and being capable of supporting spare spools for said reel.