About a month ago I was fishing for Atlantic Salmon in the Finger Lake tributaries of New York. My rod of preference was my 6 weight Echo 9 footer with a wide spool Redington reel on it. This outfit has serviced my well for over 20 year including several trips to Alaska. At the end of the day I had to put my rod onto the roof of my Buick that had a rack on it. I undressed my boots and such and was ready to put the rod on top of my gear when a man approached me and we got into a great fishing conversation. A few minutes later a young attractive lady entered the conversation also. About 10 or 15 minutes went by before I got into the car then drove off. This was in town with plenty of traffic as it was rush hour. Well I heard a noise and realized immediately I forgot to put the rod back into the car. I hurried to find a parking spot as near as possible. I found the rod and reel. Well part of it anyway. This was the first rod I lost do to stupidity so I guess at 67 yrs. old that is not tooooo bad?
