12/27 and 12/28 . tragic humor and some success

[Red Childress]

Good story!

I will tell this story on myself if you promise to keep it to yourself.

I had one of those deep nests in a trolling reel about 20 years ago and (of course) did not know it. So, I set my spread and began hauling arse down the lake and got snagged. Before I could get the boat slowed and rod in hand, the rod snapped at the handle. So, I get home and clear the nest and put a new rod under it and headed back to Tionesta the next day. We got our spread set and off we went down the lake. As luck would have it, there was ANOTHER nest a little deeper into the reel so when we hit another snag.....that rod broke at the handle as well. The moral of my story is to periodically un-spool/re-pack your trolling reels to keep the line tight and from wandering on the spool.

[gfishes]

Haha, I'll keep it to myself. Two broken rods in two days is definitely not a fun time. Thanks for sharing, makes me feel better knowing I'm not the only one doing Bill Dance outtakes on the boat.