Great stories!

My dad grew up fishing the Puget Sound and Straits for salmon. About 30 years ago, we were trolling for kings off Possession. Dad's down rigger pops and the rod starts dancing. He pulls the rod out of the holder in his right hand and starts to crank up the DR with his left. As the fish runs, he sets the hook with his right hand below the reel seat and the old wood butt section snaps just above his hand. I turn to see the rod and reel go ripping away under water while he swears a blue streak with the rod butt still in his right hand. We both laugh about it and he rigs a spare rod so he can continue fishing and maybe snag the line.... About 30 minutes later, I see this guy in another boat doing a hand-over-hand in the air. I point him out to dad and we crank up and motor over just has he nets a nice king and then pulls in dad's rod and reel soon after. We tell him our story and show him the matching rod butt section and he in turn gives dad back his rod AND the king. They fished together for years after that....