Your comment about the Fly Shop is well taken. It kind of follows along with the thread earlier about Sportsman's Warehouse/department stores vs. small fly shops. I like it.
Sounds like you may have been 'high sticking' the rod when it broke . . . ? You mentioned something about it broke when you were lifting the rod. I bet 90+% of rod breakages occur at landing, when the person lifts the rod to land the fish. Graphite is awesome rod material, but it sure is brittle, particularly when rod designers are pushing that envelope trying to take that last 'extra' 1/2 ounce of weight off the rod. I'm glad you caught fish! Richard ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2001 8:45 PM Subject: Re: Deschutes Report (and equipment labels ) > At 12:37 PM 09/30/2001 -0700, you wrote: > >Attaboy! Jim, catchin' steelhead . . . > > > >Regarding your lost fly box, it seems like I've run across more people than > >normal this year who have left a fly box or vest somewhere, or lost a fly > >box like you did. > > Snip > > Hi Richard > > You have a good point. At least I tie my own so it isn't like I had to go > out and buy a bunch of new flies. > > But it get's worse. I guess I caught the steelhead where I lost > my fly box on Thursday. I came home for the weekend and went > back Sunday. Sunday evening I caught a steelhead well in excess > of 10 lbs. As I was lifting my new Reddington spey rod to land the > fish, the tip section absolutely exploded. Broke in 3 places. I was > able to land the fish hand over hand (he was played out buy that time). > Five fish in 4 days with a lost fly box and a broken rod. All in all > I think I came out ahead. > > Unfortunately, it turned hot on Monday and the fishing slowed > to a crawl. I had a few half hearted pickups for the rest of the > week. Although I did have one evening of nice trout fishing. > I think this front that is coming through probably improved > steelhead fishing alot. > > I drove over to the Fly Shop at Welches where I bought the Reddington > on Monday morning. Not only did they take care of returning the > Reddington, but they loaned me a Sage 9140 to use for the rest of the > trip. Try and get service like that from GI Joes. > > I realize that they wouldn't lend a rod to everyone. I have done > business there for years and have made several guided trips with > them so they knew that I wouldn't throw their rod down and drive > the truck over it. > > BTW they also handle St Croix rods and Tioga and Medalist reels > in addition to the top of the line stuff. Good people. > > Jim Jones > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > >
