Tom I cant take all the credit for the rod, I put on the reel seat,
cork and Pats logo and my nephew Brandon who is 12 did the wraps and
epoxy on the guides. This was his first rod and now he is asking to do
another for himself, it looks like I shot myself in the foot.

Gene Cyprych wrote:
Thomas Littleton wrote:
Gene,
Thanks for the updates.....hopefully, the water level will be
down
by
next week, when the Handy One and I head out. Will be fishing on
the
21st
thru 24th, so hope to see you in and around camp. We have some
"shaking down" to do as well, but look forward to some numbers of
Grannoms
in the air. Just obtained a new favorite Penn's rod as a result of
a
football wager on my beloved Pats. Will show it to one and all by
the
time
the Clave is over, but I will be up breaking it in next week.
Credit for building this one goes to Bruce(aka Soft Hackle), and
the
damned
rod threw 55 feet of 5 DT into a breeze tonight in my backyard like
it was
nothing. Imagine if I worked at throwing for distance!

Tom

I hope to be up there too that weekend. It depends on the
announcement
my comapny expects to hear this week. If we win this contract I'll
be
responsible for getting it off on the right foot and it starts Monday
(most likely) so time off might be tough. I do look forward to
seeing
you, Mike, and Frank.

On Penns- like I said, it's pretty amazing to see that much water
with
reasonable color. Without major rain between now and then it should
be
just about perfect!