Patent ID: 7877922

Claim:
A carrier arrangement for a fishing rod and reel configured to be mounted to a carrying vehicle, said carrier arrangement comprising: a carrier box formed from a lid portion and a base portion configurable between open and closed configurations, said lid portion having a top roof portion extending downward to a front side portion, a rear side portion arranged opposite said front side portion, and a first side portion and a second side portion extending longitudinally between said front side and rear side portions, each forming an edge for contact with said base portion, said base portion having a lower floor portion with an edge extending upward to a front side portion, a rear side portion opposite said front side portion, and a first side portion and a second side portion extending longitudinally between said front side and rear side portions, each forming an edge for contact with said lid portion, said edge of said lid portion and said edge of said base portion contacting one another in said closed configuration to form a substantially weather-tight seal and forming a void cavity within said carrier box, said box configured to receive a fishing rod with said front side portions contacting said fishing rod and said rear side portions contacting a different portion of said fishing rod, said carrier box sized to contain a fishing reel attached to said fishing rod within an interior of said carrier box, said front side portion of said lid portion and said front side portion of said base portion each having an aperture together forming an access aperture in said front side portions when said box is in said closed configuration, a pliable buffer arranged within an interior of said access aperture, said pliable buffer comprising at least two mating portions extending across the entirety of the access aperture in the closed configuration and adapted to form-fit about a portion of the fishing rod positioned therein and selectively manufactured from a material that forms a weather-resistant barrier between the interior and an exterior of said carrier box in the closed configuration when a fishing rod is installed therein, and a clamping arrangement attached to an underside of said base portion, said clamping arrangement configured to releasably fasten upon a vehicular carrier rack.