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[Speck Detector]

Good story Ketchn....think you might be reverting back to your childhood, ya know the part of thinking we can do everything we use to, balance wise ect...was going to say good reason to buy more equipment, but you've made quick work of that repair & back in business, less for wear...keep Ketchn

[Ketchn]

Good story Ketchn....think you might be reverting back to your childhood, ya know the part of thinking we can do everything we use to, balance wise ect...was going to say good reason to buy more equipment, but you've made quick work of that repair & back in business, less for wear...keep Ketchn

quite honestly sir I think I got somehow stuck in forever a boy brain ….the grownup thing isn't near as much fun

[Jamesdean]

My problem is my brain says oh ya we can do it, but my stiff achy body says oh no you ain't...lol

[Ketchn]

My problem is my brain says oh ya we can do it, but my stiff achy body says oh no you ain't...lol

yes sir right about the time things go south my brain says I told ya so ding dong

[Jamesdean]

yep...

[Carm707]

I was waiting for you to tell us you fell in, had to swim to shore whilst fighting off gators and a venomous Duck!

However, breaking a rod (especially a favorite) is far worse than losing something to the depths of Davey Jones Locker.

I have fishing rods that are worth 10 bucks and rods worth 100's. Why is it that usually, your favorite rod (also the cheapest) which was purchased 30 years ago, is always the one that has the missfortune happen to it. NOT slammed in a car door like the 200 plus dollar model, or stepped on by the neighbor kid....

A few years ago I broke a favorite of mine. One of those "they havn't made this rod in 20 years" models. I think the rod cost me 10 bucks. I have other rods that are way better but, this rod does ONE thing very well. And it is used for that. So, it sits in the corner of the barn for two years. Although I'm a rod builder, I know that I can never return this thing to it's previous glory.

Then, as I'm strolling through the isles of a Northern Michigan store I see it. Beaming at my. I ran to it like it was black friday, it was on sale, and I had to beat 10 other people to get it (no one else in the store mind you). The lights shined down from the heavens as monks began to sing in my ear! I thrust it to the sky like King Aurthor and his sword. We were now one. It was identicle! I gently swept off the dust and smelled the cork handle. I gently carried it to the front of the store.

The cashier looked at me, looked at it and said "your going to buy that old turd"? "It has probably been siting in this store for 10 years"! I pulled the $7.50 cents out of my wallet and went to hand it to them. Keep it they say, and thanks for getting that ugly thing out of this store!!!!!

I went home and ran straight to the barn. Ok, I drove out to the barn. I pulled the old reel out from the cabinet and went to screw it on to the reel seat.... SNAP. The reel seat cracked, the cork cracked, it fell apart. Did I mention I was a rod builder? I was heartbroken for a little less than 15 seconds when I realized that, old glory, sitting in the corner, had a borken tip section (2 piece rod), this rod, had a broken butt section (2 piece rod). I married the old with the new and wouldn't you know it, it was just like I remember it. Or maybe it wasn't.

In the two years she was gone, I moved on to better things. Better reels, better line, and much better rods. What used to do one thing well, has been replaced by rods that are better.

What did I do with it? I gave it to a buddy.

I hope you get your rod fixed quick. Too long without it and you will find a replacement. All that is left are the memories!

What a good story!

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[Crappiegirl1]

Great story

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[Jerry Bryant]

Well Ketchn you learned what I have learned: When life gives you a lemon put it in sweet tea!

[Jamesdean]

Or make Lemonade....

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Glad you didn't fall on or off of that rotten dock