Strange catches

[gofish]

One time, I was at work at a business on Wall Ave. in Ogden. One of my co-workers was bragging how far he could cast his spinning rod. He said he could stand at the front door and cast across Wall Ave. and hit the bank across the street. We all gave him a bad time saying there was no way. We all agreed to give him a buck apiece if he could do it. He went to his Bronco and strung his rod. He tied on about ten pounds of sinkers. We all went to the front of the business and watched him as he wound up and slung the glob of sinkers across Wall Ave. and sure enough he hit the bank wall. He turned to us with this smug look on his face and demanded his money. As we were paying up the light changed and the cars started to come up the road. We all looked at each other with grins on our faces and proceeded to pay him occupying his attention. We looked over his shoulder as the cars sped past ripping all the line off the drag and yanking the rod out of his hand and dragging his rig half a block before the line broke. I have never got so much for a dollar than that. I still get tickled every time I think about it and it was 15 years ago. I wasn't the one catching on that occasion but thought it was a strange catch and a great story.

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