01-27-2019, 06:21 PM
A few years ago on a backcountry adventure into the Uintas with a group of older scouts one of the boys had an interesting catch.
First the back story. This particular scout had his 2 piece rod questionably secured to his pack. After being questioned multiple times, between loading up and the first 3-4 miles, about the rods security we finally stopped asking, as it bounced around with every step. "it's fine" was the response each time.
Stopped for lunch and a bit of a rest at the base of a series of switch backs at about mile 7. Rod was still there. 1 mile later he was down to just the tip end, having lost the handle portion, and the reel was inside the pack. We then proceeded to back track to the point of the last stop. Nothing was found, so it was back to hiking. this was sure to be bit of a downer as this boy liked to fish.
I had packed an extra section of fiberglass tent pole, just in case it might be needed. Trying to help this scout out, I found that the tip portion of his rod fit on the tent pole pretty good. A little tape, and it was secure. Then a little more tape, and the reel was attached. All in all it turned out to work fairly well.
The next day fishing at a nearby lake, this scout had caught fish, and then he go the "Bycatch" It was another rod, or so it seemed. When he got it in, we found that it was not a full rod, it was just the end, no handle section. Turns out, that it looked to be the identical rod that he had. Length, colors, style, etc everything pointed to it being the exact same type of rod. Just too bad it wasn't the other piece.
Also ended up finding a closed face rod with a huge mess in the line on the same trip. Looked like someone got tired of messing with it, so they just left it. I still have it in my collection today.
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First the back story. This particular scout had his 2 piece rod questionably secured to his pack. After being questioned multiple times, between loading up and the first 3-4 miles, about the rods security we finally stopped asking, as it bounced around with every step. "it's fine" was the response each time.
Stopped for lunch and a bit of a rest at the base of a series of switch backs at about mile 7. Rod was still there. 1 mile later he was down to just the tip end, having lost the handle portion, and the reel was inside the pack. We then proceeded to back track to the point of the last stop. Nothing was found, so it was back to hiking. this was sure to be bit of a downer as this boy liked to fish.
I had packed an extra section of fiberglass tent pole, just in case it might be needed. Trying to help this scout out, I found that the tip portion of his rod fit on the tent pole pretty good. A little tape, and it was secure. Then a little more tape, and the reel was attached. All in all it turned out to work fairly well.
The next day fishing at a nearby lake, this scout had caught fish, and then he go the "Bycatch" It was another rod, or so it seemed. When he got it in, we found that it was not a full rod, it was just the end, no handle section. Turns out, that it looked to be the identical rod that he had. Length, colors, style, etc everything pointed to it being the exact same type of rod. Just too bad it wasn't the other piece.
Also ended up finding a closed face rod with a huge mess in the line on the same trip. Looked like someone got tired of messing with it, so they just left it. I still have it in my collection today.
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