Lightning Rod

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I saw this on Field -N- Stream thought it was interesting since fall season is right around the corner.

Have you ever been in the river, or out on the flats, and those clouds roll in... then the hair on your arms stands up... then your rod starts to hum? That's a pretty good sign that you might want to drop the rod. This is what it looks like when a fly rod gets zapped.
Fortunately, my good buddy Whit Hunter, who found himself in a storm in Pennsylvania, was not hanging onto the cork end when Mother Nature lit this one up.
Anyone else had any en-lightening experiences to share?
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[macfly55]

holy crap !! ...its a good thing he was not holding he was not holding on to that rod.. wow..

MacFly [cool]
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[caddisbadass]

i wonder if they'll cover that on his warranty?
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[flygoddess]

Actually, I have.
I have been in the Uinta's where the storms move in real fast. The hair on my arms will stand up, but that was about it.
BUT, one trip to my favorite lake, we were out on the water. It was a rainy day, but no thunder or lightening so we felt safe.
It was around noon so we headed in to camp for lunch. It was raining pretty good by then but still no T & L.
On my pontoon, I carry three rods (one with floating and two with different sink rate lines...easier than trying to change in the middle of the lake)
Well, I had all three rods in their Scotty holders on the deck behind me, and I began to row. I kept hearing this clicking. I looked at my walkie -talkie but it was off, looked at the sonar, but nothing. The clicking was still there.
I thought maybe the fly had come unhooked from one of the rods and the reel was slowly having line pulled out.
I reached back and grabbed one of the rods, and darn near flew out of my seat from the shock. To top it off, two rods were Graphite, but the one that shocked me was Fiberglass.

FG
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