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01-11-2003, 09:08 PM
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Coho
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Mt. Hood, OR
Posts: 53
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New to the board
Hello, I have been a reader for a year now and have enjoyed most of the topics. I have finally decided to join some discussions.
It appears that it is proper to contain a fish story with my initial post, so here it goes.
I was fishing on Christmas morning on a little river I know of west of here with a Loomis Gl2 that FISHFINDER put together for me. Started around 7:00am and I promptly got snagged, gave a couple little jerks and heard the sound that no fisherman wants to hear. Yes, I had broken my rod, Merry X-mas to me. It broke just below where it joins together(I didn't put it together all the way in my haste to get to fishing). Went home and pouted for a few days and thought, "Wait a minute I can fix it!". After an evening in the Redneck Rod Rebuilding shop I was once again ready to roll.
New Years's day comes but once a year so why not go fishing and try my newly rebuilt rod. 7:10am I start fishing, and actually hooked a fish, confident my rod could handle the test I worked the mighty fish as though he had no chance for escape. Well you all know I was wrong. A couple minutes into the fight I heard that all too familiar sound "SNAP" my rod was once again broken. I did get the fish to the bank, but since he broke my rod I decided he deserved to swim another day and released him. Just another day on the river. Hello to all and thanks for listening.
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Just another day on the river.
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01-11-2003, 09:11 PM
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Chromer
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Beaverton, OR
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Re: New to the board
Let me be the first to say hello and welcome to the next best thing to fishing. [img]graemlins/applause.gif[/img] but kind of a sad story except for the fish
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01-11-2003, 09:14 PM
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King Salmon
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: S.W. Washington
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Re: New to the board
Hello Stanky. Welcome to Ifish. :grin:
I hope you got the rod repaired or replaced.
Cool that you let the fish go.
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01-11-2003, 09:17 PM
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Sturgeon
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Amboy Washington
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Re: New to the board
Welcome to ifish STANKY
Yes, I to have heard that sound when fighting a fish :depressed:
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01-11-2003, 09:50 PM
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Member at Large
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: 9 degrees north latitude...
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Welcome aboard, Stanky! We need more guys like you. Those of us who build rods have got to have somebody who uses them to pieces or pretty soon everybody would have all the rods they need.
Keep up the good work! :grin: [img]graemlins/applause.gif[/img]
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01-11-2003, 10:03 PM
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Chromer
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Eugene
Posts: 594
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Re: New to the board
Great story! [img]graemlins/applause.gif[/img] Don't ya just hate that sound? [img]graemlins/eek13.gif[/img]
And welcome See ya on the river.
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01-12-2003, 05:36 AM
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Coho
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: The Dalles
Posts: 83
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Re: New to the board
Stanky
Welcome aboard. I noticed your email address is local. Maybe we will see each other around.
Les.
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01-12-2003, 05:52 AM
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Coho
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Portland, OR
Posts: 67
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Re: New to the board
Stanky,
Welcome aboard.
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01-12-2003, 05:53 AM
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Tuna!
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: Clackamas River
Posts: 1,664
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Re: New to the board
Welcome to the show
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01-12-2003, 07:35 AM
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Chromer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: VANCOUVER, WA.
Posts: 816
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Re: New to the board
I haven't herd that sound yet but just hearing you talk about it gives me the willies. Welcome to the friendly waters of ifish.
Cartman
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01-12-2003, 07:43 AM
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Ifish Nate
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Newport
Posts: 2,280
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Re: New to the board
Welcome aboard!
I too have a couple of "parts" rods in the garage that haven't survived my misuse and abuse.
:depressed:
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01-12-2003, 04:58 PM
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Steelhead
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: salem or
Posts: 485
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Re: New to the board
Like the name :depressed: Och on the pole thing. I know the feeling of lossing a pole you really wanted to keep. Welcome to our gang. [img]graemlins/applause.gif[/img]
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01-12-2003, 06:13 PM
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Steelhead
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Keizer, Or
Posts: 146
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Re: New to the board
Welcome aboard stanky.....
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01-12-2003, 07:54 PM
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Chromer
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Hillsboro
Posts: 834
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Re: New to the board
Man I hate it when that happens but fish enough and it will happen. Murphy's law Welcome aboard Stanky--great name
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