On Aug 14, 8:33*pm, Frank Reid © 2010 wrote:
Went fishing, put together boat, forgot license, took boat apart, got
duplicate license, put boat together, caught fish (23" bass), fish
broke my rod, took boat apart, found license.

So, after that exciting morning, I went back this evening. *Caught a
lot more bass, but ended up breaking my back-up rod walking to the
parking lot in the dark. *Rod tip went into a fence.

Score, duplicate fishing license, 2 broken rods, and a severe case of
bass thumb.
Frank Reid

Many might consider a 5wt a little under gunned for bass that reach
23".