Lessons you've learned from equipment lost or broken

[DUB]

I don't lend any equipment to anyone, including my own kids/grandkids, that I want keep "for eternity". Many, many years ago a buddy of mine broke the first fly rod that I owned and I made a promise to myself then not to lend anything. I would buy the kids their own gear before I would let them use mine. Call me selfish if you like, but hearing that rod snap that day is a sound that I just can't get rid of.

George

You can borrow my wife and kids, but you can never borrow my truck, my dog, my guns, or my fishing equipment.