"Right here, may I inject a thought that may prevent the ruination of a
good rod -- perhaps the loss of a treasured friendship at the same time.
Many anglers, to be good fellows, loan their fly-fishing equipment to a
friend. When this friend returns it after two or three weeks of use, the
owner finds the rod just does not feel the same. So the friend is blamed
for giving the rod improper use and thereby ruining it. He is generally
right, too! However, both owner and friend are equally to blame. No man
should ask the loan of another's fishing tackle, and no owner should
grant the use of his equipment to anyone, no matter how close he may be
as a friend. Why? Here we come back to "balance" again! Because of the
difference in physical characteristics between individuals each and
every angler exerts the pressure needed in casting in a different way.
And this difference in leverage means that the rod action, or strain on
the rod, whichever you call it, occurs in a different place on a rod.
Therefore, when some man other than the owner uses it for a length of
time he forces a "stress" at a different place on the rod and a change
in action through the weakening of the bamboo cells at a new place."
"With Fly, Plug and Bait" by Ray Bergman
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JIMMY D. MOORE [EMAIL PROTECTED]
North Zone Fishing Editor - Texas Fish & Game Mag,
Author - Moon Holler Misfits Fishing & Hunting Club,
Humorist, Past VP Guadalupe River Trout Unlimited,
Member TOWA, Retired Scout Exec. BSA.
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