I'm sure "professional" would be nice, but your own hand would be so much more appreciated. Sometimes it takes me half a dozen tries to get the signature "right" (straight, even letters, etc) but I know, and the people who receive the rods I build know, it's really signed on the rod.
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Trouts don't live in ugly places
Trouts don't live in ugly places.
A friend is not who knows you the longest, but the one who came and never left your side.
Don't look back, we ain't goin' that way.