10-31-2008, 12:55 AM
I watched a program several years ago, Andy Mills (married to tennis play Chris Everet) had his own program about ff. In one episode he was battling a huge salmon in a fast current. He put his left hand "IN FRONT" of the cork handle for leverage. The rod snapped right in front of his hand. Got to remember to let the rod do the work.
I also had the same situation. I had an Orvis rod, in tube, in sock. When I took it out for the first time, the tip was gone.
Two other times...indeed my fault. One, getting out of a lake as quickly as I could during a lightening storm. Rod straight up and pulled the line...pop goes the tip.
Other time, fishing from a shore line, went with the back cast in a breeze, then back forward with no tip.
BUT, working at Orvis, there can be rods put out with slight defects that will cause them to break without human error...well fly fishing error. I guess the person making it made an error.
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I also had the same situation. I had an Orvis rod, in tube, in sock. When I took it out for the first time, the tip was gone.
Two other times...indeed my fault. One, getting out of a lake as quickly as I could during a lightening storm. Rod straight up and pulled the line...pop goes the tip.
Other time, fishing from a shore line, went with the back cast in a breeze, then back forward with no tip.
BUT, working at Orvis, there can be rods put out with slight defects that will cause them to break without human error...well fly fishing error. I guess the person making it made an error.
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