rod abuse??

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?

steve sullivan wrote:
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?

Tell them that you broke the rod on a fish, and leave it at that.
Everything should be fine.

--
Rusty Hook
Laramie, Wyoming

"steve sullivan" wrote in message
...
I am a beginner fly fisherman and am still wondering if I did something
wrong?

Yes, you did!

If you can't learn to lie, you will never become a decent fisherman.

Op --Or get a job with the state, or convince your mother a Harley is more
important than her heart meds.--

In article ,
"Rusty Hook" wrote:

steve sullivan wrote:
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?

Tell them that you broke the rod on a fish, and leave it at that.
Everything should be fine.

Hi Rusty, I told them exactly what happened (in detail) and they waived
the $25 fee.

I am a beginner fly fisherman and am still wondering if I did something
wrong?

steve sullivan wrote:
Is it wrong to let your pole down to grab the line?

Not as long as the fish is in the net. ;-)

Graham


--

And as an afterthought, this must too be told,
Some people are taking pure bull****, and turning it into gold.
- Grandpa Green (Greendale, CA USA)

What's happening in Idledale? Not Much! http://www.idledale.com/

"Guyz-N-Flyz" wrote

--Or get a job with the state, or convince your mother a Harley is more
important than her heart meds.--


hilarious; and so totally honest...

yfitp
wayno

Hi Steve,

They don't care how you break 'em. Almost all the fly rods now have an
unconditional lifetime warranty.

Just take it back where you bought it or send it back yourself and they ship
you a new one for a $25 shipping & handling fee.

--
Bill Kiene

Kiene's Fly Shop
Sacramento, CA
www.kiene.com

"steve sullivan" wrote in message
...
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?

"steve sullivan" wrote in message
...
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

Cortland only charges 10 bucks


Handyman Mike
Standing in a river waving a stick

Pat on your back for your honesty. Some thing that seems to going by the
wayside these days.
As a side note it IS ok to lie like hell sometimes about size ,number, of
fish and to stretch the story.
You could have told it like this.
I had a small trout on . A small mouth ate it with a large mouth swallowing
him. He then proceeded to make the third run around me then ran between my
legs shot to the left then right and broke my pole. Then tell the better
half you half got to have a better pole. Of course that old reel was part of
the problem so its got to get replaced too. Her new shoes will have to wait
till next month