clamshell fashion the first part 46 comprises a shell half 32 of the central element 16 and a shell half 38 of each of the end elements 20 the second part 48 comprises the other shell half 34 of the central element 16 and the other shell halves 40 of the end elements 20 since the shell halves 32 34 of the central element 16 are substantially identical elements and a shell half of each end element 20 on the first part 46 is an element substantially identical to the opposed shell half of the second part 48 at the opposite end of the central element only three molds are needed to make the carrying case thus the cost of manufacture is minimized additionally each shell half 38 and 40 may include foam padding 72 lining the interior wall in order to protect rod tips and reels from damage in the preferred embodiment as shown in fig7 and 10 13 the wall of the first housing structure 14 has eight columns of bosses 50 extending in the direction of elongation of the housing 12 the bosses 50 in each column are uniformly spaced from one another and situated so that adjacent parallel columns form rows of bosses 50 thus each row has two bosses 50 as.