Man, one of thsoe stretches. First, I was fishing on a river near me. Got a trophy 5" shiner on a fuzzy bugger. After moving down, I got caught on somebody's else's line. In untangling that, I managed to snap the top section of my Orvis Trident. One of my favorites. Emailed Orvis, politely declined their offer to upgrade to a Helios for $325. Arranged for the $30 to repair my rod. I figure I saved $295, well minus shipping.
So, today I'm seeing what rod to bring to on vacation in the RV. I do some fishing up on PEI and enjoy at least trying. So, you probably can see this coming, I was testing various reels on the LL Bean spinning rod and fly rod combo, 2 separate rods. Yup, pulling line at the top with one of the reels, SNAP, another tip section gone. The outfit only was $50 with the case, so now that I have calmed down, tomorrow I'll be MORE careful with the remaining rods to see what is goiing!
So, if you see me - run!!
Mike