trying to make room for some new uglies, i went through my old ones and took about 15-20 i no longer use to the flea market the other day and a young feller come along and instead of buying one or two, he bought em all.... a man that knows his rods will go far in his fishing career.... i got rid of rods i dont use and now can afford some new ones to stack in the corner to look at on raiiny days like today....life is great...

i let ot talk me outta 3 of my priceless 9 ft crappie rods the other day. he was givin me some kind of sad story about breaking 3 or four of his graphite rods. how i let him do that is beyond me. i miss them rods like id miss my thumbs if they was gone. i gotta watch ot in the future. he started out asking for two and somehow he squeezed another outta me before he got away. ot is a happy camper now. that may be why im having sleeping problems here lately.