I broke my Temple Fork this weekend fishing with Bugcaster and his brother
on the North Santiam River. No not a large steelhead, just hung up on the
bottom nymphing. I realize that I broke the rod by not fully seating the
rod piece into the ferrule on this 4 piece rod. These multi-piece rods are
a wonderful development, but make sure you seat them well especially the
smallest piece, as I did not...

Chris Fanning

By the way, I caught a couple nice bows one 16" and fat as a football. Both
Randy and I experienced one the largest caddis hatches we have ever seen a
few weeks back (we floated about 12 miles and it was thick the whole
distance). The North Santiam River appears to be very healthy with lots of
aquatic insects and fat trout.