In the summer of 2004 my Best friend was working in the local sporting goods store. He was a well-known fisherman in the area who was often asked his opinion about fishing and the best tackle to use. One day a sales rep with All Star came in who knew of my friend’s local celebrity. The rep gave my brother a 6 foot 6 inch medium action rod in hopes of garnering orders once he had used it and discovered its unequivocal serviceability. Having many rods already and knowing that I was also an avid fisherman and acquiring my own reputation as such, my friend gave the rod to me. From that day until today, 5 years later, I caught thousands of fish using this rod. It outlasted at least three fishing reels. Today I had the misfortune of losing my treasured rod when a fish jerked it out of my fumbling hands. I was fishing alone, actively fishing a jig and using the rod to drag a live croaker in about 15 feet of water. When I saw the rod jerk, I first thought that I had snagged something and didn’t immediately pick it up from the rod holder. The rod made a sharp bend again and I knew I had a fish. As I was juggling my other rod and attempting to switch fishing hands to land the hooked fish, the rod slipped through my fingers and was sucked under water within seconds. I and a fellow angler, in the boat next to me, who had witnessed the incident tried for over an hour to retrieve the rod without success. I am heartsick. Only another fisherman can understand my despair. While I know it was an inanimate object, I feel as though I’ve lost a true and loyal friend. This rod supplied me with untold hours of angling pleasure. I will try again another day to find my unwavering companion but if we are not to be reunited, I can reconcile myself that it has met a fitting demise resting in the murky depths of a lake where it reigned supreme.
That why I think being the new owner of a Billy Stix would be like have my old friend back.
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07-01-2009, 07:53 AM
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