Thanks for the comments from all ya. I did purposely go out a little lite regarding the Rods. It was one of those "I'm your guide son, you fish" adventures. Your wood dowel commnet brought a HUGE smile to me due to I actually contenplated the same thing before leaving. I took the old net with the shorter handle that had already been tweaked a bit on the closing end of the hoop. We took 2 Lami's and 2 Ugly Stick TIger Rods. Finished the cruise with the Tiger Rods. That day really defined me in regards to just how much pleasure I get from getting the boys hooked up and let the show begin. Making leaders, telling stories, cleaning up the scales and blood, cooking some eggs and sausage, and potatoes on the coleman, getting the cards punched, bait back up and "remember about" how many pulls you were
The whole gambit. I just really enjoy watching the action from the other side of the fence now. Tighten your drag! Let let let, let out some slack! Don't screw this up, it looks like a dandy, hee hee. Too much fun. And yes, Lami hooked this boy up big time. Told them exactly what happended and they dug into thier barrell of tops and bottoms and got us all squared away. Very appreciative and will definately continue to by fish specific rods from them. Now if I could just talk them into that old broken broom handle in the back