"steve sullivan" wrote in message
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I broke my 9 weight tfo on the feather today
I caught a salmon, my line was all the way in, just the 10 feet of
leader. I put my pull in the water so I could get a hold of the line to
release the salmon, and he made a run and broke my pole just past the
mid point

Is it wrong to let your pole down to grab the line? Will temple fork
consider this my fault? How does it rate as far as rod abuse?

It was probably already damaged and was about to break anyway . . .
I broke a Winston 5-wt in the same way once - well, not with a salmon - but
when it broke it sure impressed the hell out of my buddy who thought I had a
fish big enough to break it.

Seems to me if you let your pole down to grab the line you're more likely to
end up with a broken tippet than a broken rod.
Bob