Have You Ever Shut Your Car Door On Your Fishing Rod?

Here's the scenario: You've just arrived at yourof your rod, but the rod doesn't perform the
fishing destination, ready for a morning of hardsame as it did. The rod is now effectively ruined
core fishing. You put your waders on, grab yourbecause of your own stupidity.
fishing vest, and almost as an afterthought, youActually it's a good idea to carry an extra eye tip
grab your fishing rod. At this point you're soin your fishing vest just in case something like this
excited about wetting your line, all you can thinkhappens, but replacing the eye is just a quick fix.
about is that flowing river in the background. AsIt may save a day of fishing, but the action of
you start to shut the door, you remember thatthe rod is so much different after losing it's tip
you need to lock the doors. You quickly lock thethat you're going to want to replace it.
doors and slam the door shut. As the door isHopefully a scenario such as this has never
closing you see it happening. It's as is the wholehappened to you because it's no fun to
scenario were in slow motion. When you grabbedexperience, believe me. And hopefully reading this
your rod earlier, you leaned it up against thearticle will remind you to slow down and take
vehicle and now the tip of the rod is resting in theyour time, so you don't do what I seem to like to
door jam. It's all happening too fast to stop it, anddo. This scenario is also the reason that I don't
the next thing you know, the tip has beenspend more than 50 bucks on a fishing rod. That
snapped right off of your fishing rod.way it doesn't cost me much to replace it when I
This exact scenario has happened to me on morebreak it. I came to the realization that a car door
than one occasion, and the result is always thedoesn't care if your fishing rod cost $50 or $150.
same. You're rod has to be replaced. Oh sure, youThe car door will snap that fishing rod just the
can buy a new eye, and superglue it on the endsame.