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A carrier unit for a plurality of fishing rods has a base from which first and second spaced apart legs project. First and second clip elements attach to and project from the first and second legs respectively. Each clip has a holding slot with an open end, for receiving and detachably retaining at

A carrier unit for a plurality of fishing rods has a base from which first and second spaced apart legs project. First and second clip elements attach to and project from the first and second legs respectively. Each clip has a holding slot with an open end, for receiving and detachably retaining at least one of a handle portion and a rod portion of a rod assembly. The clip elements are mountable on the respective legs in approximate alignment with each other. The legs may comprise parts of first and second leg frames projecting from the base in the form of an A-frame and carrying four or more clip elements.

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1. A rod carrier unit for fishing rod assemblies, each rod assembly having a handle portion and a rod portion, comprising: a) a base having a lower side for resting on a support surface, and an upper side;b) first and second legs, each having a bottom end removably attached to the base and projectin

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A rod carrier unit for fishing rod assemblies, each rod assembly having a handle portion and a rod portion, comprising: a) a base having a lower side for resting on a support surface, and an upper side;b) first and second legs, each having a bottom end removably attached to the base and projecting from the base's upper side and terminating in a top end,wherein each of said first and second legs are spaced apart at the bottom end, andwherein each of said first and second legs further comprise a plurality of vertically aligned slots; andc) a plurality of clip elements, each having a holding slot with an open end, for receiving and detachably retaining at least one of a handle portion and a rod portion of a rod assembly, said plurality of clip elements further comprising an attachment feature allowing for receipt into one of said vertically aligned slots selected from said plurality of vertically aligned slot such that receipt of said vertically aligned slots selected from said plurality of vertically aligned slot forms an interference fit with said vertically aligned slot such that the clip element can slide to and be retained in a plurality of positions within said vertically aligned slot, and such sliding is independent of clip elements utilized in any other vertically aligned slot of said plurality of vertically aligned slots. 2. The rod carrier unit of claim 1, including a first leg frame comprising said first and second legs, a first strut portion connected between bottom ends of the first and second legs, for attaching to the base in a removable fashion, and a first handle portion connected between top ends of the first and second legs and spaced from the strut portion. 3. The rod carrier unit of claim 2 including a second leg frame comprising first and second leg portions serving as first and second legs of the second frame, a second strut portion connected between a bottom end of the second frame's leg portions, for attaching to the base, and a second handle portion connected between a top end of the first and second leg portions of the second leg frame, wherein the first and second strut portions are removably attached to the base at spaced apart positions, and the first and second handle portions are removably fastened together. 4. The rod carrier unit of claim 3 including a third attachment feature, comprising a well, on the base's upper side and between the strut portion of said first and second leg frames respectively, and a box having a bottom surface having a fourth attachment feature mating with and detachably securing the box to the base and between the struts through an interference fit. 5. The rod carrier unit of claim 3 wherein the base further comprises a plurality of troughs in said upper side of said base, each of said troughs configured to receive the strut portion of either the first leg frame or the second leg frame in such a manner as to cause their corresponding first and second legs to project away from the base. 6. the rod carrier unit of claim 5, wherein each of said troughs has one or more channels extending from the trough through the lower side of the base, each channel configured to receive a screw for securing the strut portion of either the first leg frame or the second leg frame in the trough. 7. The rod carrier unit of claim 5 wherein insertion of said first and second leg frame into said plurality of troughs causes the first handle portion of said first leg frame and the second handle portion of said second leg frame to be proximate to one another such that the first handle portion and the second handle portion may be fastened to one another. 8. The rod carrier unit of claim 2, including a cover made of flexible material and having a top and three sides, and adapted to fit over the unit and allowing the rod, said top having an aperture through which said first handle portion is received through. 9. The rod carrier unit of claim 1, wherein each clip element of said plurality of clip elements includes an arm and a body portion, said arm and body portion each having an interior edge in facing and spaced apart relationship to thereby define the holding slot, said arm resiliently deflectable to alter the spacing between the arm and the body portion. 10. The rod carrier unit of claim 9, wherein the interior edge of at least one of the arm and the body portions includes at least two concave, arcuate, slot edge shapes each for receiving and retaining one of the handle and the rod portions of a selected rod assembly to form a detent relationship between the rod assembly and the clip element. 11. The rod carrier unit of claim 10, wherein the interior edge of at least one of the arm and the body portion includes at least two concave, arcuate, slot edge shapes with the radius of curvature of each shapes decreasing with distance from the holding slot open end. 12. The rod carrier unit of claim 11 wherein the interior edge of the arm and the interior edge of the body portion are substantially mirror images of each other. 13. The rod carrier unit of claim 1, further including a cover fitting over the rod carrier unit, said cover having a top panel, an end panel, and two side panels, all joined at edges thereof to assume a substantially parallel piped shape and to enclose the rod carrier unit on four sides. 14. The rod carrier unit of claim 1, wherein the base further comprises a storage feature for temporarily attaching the unit to a flat surface. 15. The rod carrier unit of claim 14, wherein the storage feature comprises crossed slots with an opening at the crossing point larger than either slot's width. 16. the rod carrier unit of claim 1, wherein each vertically aligned slot of said plurality of vertically aligned slots comprises an enlargement at one end of said vertically aligned slot, said enlargement being of a greater width than the remainder of the vertically aligned slot and allows for a projection of the attachment feature of one of the clip elements of said plurality of clip elements to be inserted into the vertically aligned slot. 17. The rod carrier unit of claim 16, wherein each of the attachment features of the clip elements of said plurality of clip elements comprises a first flange and a second flange, wherein said first flange is small enough to pass through said enlargement and said second flange is too large to pass through the enlargement and friction between said first flange, said second flange and an edge of the vertically aligned slot the attachment feature is inserted into causes the clip element to be movably retained therein.