Dave,

Very sorry to hear about the reconfiguration that the striper did on your fly rod. I would imagine that your illness returned, much strengthen, when the rod snapped. Back in my old hardware chucking days, I broke a new rod while watching this great looking girl peddle by on a bike. She smiled, I smiled, then I debonairly dropped the storage compartment lid on rod tip.

I've never broken a fly rod (knock on wood) but all of mine are two piece models. Do you think the four piece model is more prone to failure while paying big fish? 8T

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You had better learn to be a happy camper. You only get one try at this campground and it's a real short camping season.