Didn't happen to me but great story anyways. I was on the Kalama in the fly only water when a guy that fishes there quite a bit comes by with a patch on his eye. And the story goes like this. He started his day by stepping on his brand new Nikon fishing glasses that keeps his eyes protected and glare off the eyes. He proceeds to fish. As he is taking a break, a gentleman (for lack of better word), comes down and asks him what he is doing to hook the fish he was successfully hooking. He gave the guy a quick casting lesson and let the guy go. He was WAY behind the guy when the guys fly came back and hooked the white part (schlera) and came out through the center (pupil). He reactively grabbed at his eye, successfully grabbing the line as the ... gentleman proceedes to yank on the obstruction behind him. Phil yells at the guy to stop while trying to keep his eye from being pulled from the socket. The um... gentleman freaks out, running up the embankmnet to help Phil while trouncing Phils brand new Loomis GLX. The guy apoligizes to no end to Phil while giving Phil his number, saying he was a doctor in Seattle and would cover any medical expense. Needless to say, PHil got his eye patched with little damage and the phone number was bogus. Made my skin crawl just hearing the story form him.