Here's the scenario: You've just arrived at your fishing destination, ready for a morning of hard core fishing. You put your waders on, grab your fishing vest, and almost as an afterthought, you grab your fishing rod. At this point you're so excited about wetting your line, all you can think about is that flowing river in the background. As you start to shut the door, you remember that you need to lock the doors. You quickly lock the doors and slam the door shut. As the door is closing you see it happening. It's as is the whole scenario were in slow motion. When you grabbed your rod earlier, you leaned it up against the vehicle and now the tip of the rod is resting in the door jam. It's all happening too fast to stop it, and the next thing you know, the tip has been snapped right off of your fishing rod.
This exact scenario has happened to me on more than one occasion, and the result is always the same. You're rod has to be replaced. Oh sure, you can buy a new eye, and superglue it on the end of your rod, but the rod doesn't perform the same as it did. The rod is now effectively ruined because of your own stupidity.
Actually it's a good idea to carry an extra eye tip in your fishing vest just in case something like this happens, but replacing the eye is just a quick fix. It may save a day of fishing, but the action of the rod is so much different after losing it's tip that you're going to want to replace it.
Hopefully a scenario such as this has never happened to you because it's no fun to experience, believe me. And hopefully reading this article will remind you to slow down and take your time, so you don't do what I seem to like to do. This scenario is also the reason that I don't spend more than 50 bucks on a fishing rod. That way it doesn't cost me much to replace it when I break it. I came to the realization that a car door doesn't care if your fishing rod cost $50 or $150. The car door will snap that fishing rod just the same.
This exact scenario has happened to me on more than one occasion, and the result is always the same. You're rod has to be replaced. Oh sure, you can buy a new eye, and superglue it on the end of your rod, but the rod doesn't perform the same as it did. The rod is now effectively ruined because of your own stupidity.
Actually it's a good idea to carry an extra eye tip in your fishing vest just in case something like this happens, but replacing the eye is just a quick fix. It may save a day of fishing, but the action of the rod is so much different after losing it's tip that you're going to want to replace it.
Hopefully a scenario such as this has never happened to you because it's no fun to experience, believe me. And hopefully reading this article will remind you to slow down and take your time, so you don't do what I seem to like to do. This scenario is also the reason that I don't spend more than 50 bucks on a fishing rod. That way it doesn't cost me much to replace it when I break it. I came to the realization that a car door doesn't care if your fishing rod cost $50 or $150. The car door will snap that fishing rod just the same.
Trevor Kugler Co-founder of JRWfishing.com Trevor has more than 20 years of fishing experience and currently raises his 3-year old daughter in the heart of trout fishing country... Montana.
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