Ahhhhh, the pure sentimentality of it all. Sice I read the group on
Google, this "thread" actually began on April 15 2001 when Al, then
posting as JAJWUTH wrote:

I notice when i cast the upper half of my rod twists clockwise. It is
annoying
since it has to be straightened by me. It also effects the length of my
cast.
It is a Hank Parker rod. The retailer that sold it to me retreated back
to USA.
I had a real embarassing moment when the whole top of my rod flew off
into the
water.
It seems to me the ferrule doesn't fit tight enough. Would this be a
manufacturer's defect? Is there a remedy or have i been wired ?
Al
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Have fishing rod...will travel.
Prospective accomplice in fishing




That time, he managed to snag our own Rich Z into responding....but only
got that one.

On May 30 2003, this time as Canoe Angler (my favorite of his names) he
posted:

I was fishing this evening and i snagged a damn carp. My rod snapped
when i was
reeling it in. I figure the line should have snapped before the rod. I was
using 10/2 power pro. I'm definitely taking the rod back to the retailer
for a
store credit.
I don't like cutting the line since i was using a good minnow plug. This
is my
worst year for rods i've gone through six rods.

Canoe Angler


That time, he snagged 8 ROFb'ers....AJH and others.

This time he's snagged 8 again as "Lure Builder" but he got warren 4 times.

ROFB has improved his trolling ability......



Read 'em all in a digital walk down memory lane at:

http://groups.google.com/groups?dq=&...gle%2BSearc h


AJH wrote:
A trolls objective is to **** people off, Al has done this time and time
again and he still gets responses and gets some guys all mad..Lets face
it, he's a part of ROFB like it or not...deal with it....


Git-R-Done