LOL, know that feeling. I made a heroic hookset into a snag while sauger fishing the other day. So good it was, I snapped the rod in half. Still had to clamp down on the spool, break the line, remove the reel from the rod seat, place it in a storage locker.....then heaved the butt end of the rod as far as I could!

One of you guys might find it since I last saw it floating down the Cumberland River, headed toward H'ville.

Well I didn't I just bought a brass rod the same size ,twisted it and thread it and glue it back on....................woody

I also use one like Dakota has that originally had the little white plastic reel that was garbage. So what I did (unlike Merv) is when I broke a rod I added a old reel that i no longer used and put the string on that. It makes it very easy to store and rewind plus the lure retrieving part fits over the rod end so it doesn't bang into every thing. So i guess all said and done it about 19 inches long now and I never have a tangle to worry about :)

That's a good idea. I just wrap the string around this foam handle I have that unwraps easily.


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