Man am I steamed at whichever dullard TSA screener at the Springfield, MO regional airport checked my fly rod tube at 5:15AM this morning. When they put the rods back into the tube they forced them in so hard they stripped off several guides and broke the blanks on both of the rods in the tube!!! One was a Winston LTX 9' for 5 and the other was a Partridge 10' for 6. Both were in near new condition. I am so ticked off. With the force it took to do this kind of damage, they knew what they did but didn't care.

I'm kicking myself for not UPS'ing the rods home and I know full well that many of the folks the TSA hired are the bottom of the barrel. God only knows how long the claims process will drag on IF I get paid at all. several years back they shattered a pair of $250 glasses when the screener dropped by bag from 4' and despite their obviously wrong doing, it took some 15+ months to get paid on those.

Good news is that the fishing in around Mt. Home was ON FIRE!!!