MAINE - Life in the Slow Lane
glad your ok a rod can be replaced , nice fish . too bad about rod you know where it is i am sure you can get it , glad it all worked out with out major incident . 
Holly crap !!!!!!!!!!!!!. Like Zig said good to see you are alright . This could have turned out much worse then a missing lower section of rod and reel. Well good luck retreiving it but please be safe. Oh nice Brook Trout by the way. Geeze thats one heck of a day.
Kieth
Now that should have been an article on the site. If you want I can copie your write up and make it an article if you want, then maybe the next time you have a good story to tell you can do it yourself. It easy.
Now I am very glad you are OK, and I bet that beer tasted as good as any you have ever had.
Now to pond fishing next saturday, you up for meeting me at Hatch pond on 153 in Eaton? If so let me know and I will tell you how to get there if you don't know about were it is.
See Yah
Lee
Thanks Lee, if you would like to move this please feel free. I was on the fence of where to put it, this was just quicker.
PM me the directions and unless something changes I will meet you there (Ziggy you up for a road trip?)
kieth if everything goes well i will be around this weekend and would like that . supose to be going on may 1st . but things have been up in the air, if i am around i will go . i will be in touch as it draws closer 
sounds like fun .
Holly CRAP! I just spoke with the folks at TFO to see if I could buy the missing parts of my rod, just in case I can't recover it.
They are going to replace the entire rod for the price of shipping!! Now that's customer service!!!
If you have never tried a TFO rod, do so! The customer service alone is worth it.
My God thats great Keith. Did you get a chance to see your story on the home page?? Check it out and then add another comment to it. Maybe something about what TFO is going to do for you.
See Yah
Lee
Quote by: KtboneHolly CRAP! I just spoke with the folks at TFO to see if I could buy the missing parts of my rod, just in case I can't recover it.
They are going to replace the entire rod for the price of shipping!! Now that's customer service!!!
If you have never tried a TFO rod, do so! The customer service alone is worth it.
I have heard great things about TFO . They really make an excellent rod for a good price. That my friend is what they in the business call WOW CUSTOMER SERVICE 
Holy Hanah Keith! I thought I got in trouble with pigs. That's one hairy fishing adventure. Glad you made it out with your hide.
TFO does rock 
(fishing report and short story)
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times....Today I had a few hours away from the utter insanity of this past week, let's just say I have had much better. So with the wife off shopping and a few hours before the rain hits, I decided to run off to my favorite river to try my luck and decompress a bit. I decided to fish a section I have never tried and the water was without a doubt the lowest I have ever seen it. So I tied on my trusty multipurpose nymph and headed out to the first set of riffles and pools. After about an hour of probing I finally caught the smallest brookie I had ever seen, had to been a native.
I worked my way downstream to fish two very promising looking pools that I had seen from above. First pool yielded zip! I waded down to the next and final pool of the day. After about a dozen casts I saw a few fish breaking water, then it was like a scene out of Jaws (queue music) I saw this brown fin breaking water and heading up the seam toward my indicator! Next thing I know, WHAM, a brookie tries to eat the damn indicator. I then start looking around and I see lots of small to medium size bugs hatching in the pool. I could not make out what they were but I figured the fish wanted surface food. I tied on an Adams #12 and cast to the edge of the pool. Well that did the trick. I started catching the nicest brookies I have seen in a very long time at the rate of one every two-three casts. In all I landed over twenty in less than an hour. (see attached photo)
Well I get a short hit and as I try to set the hook I whip the line back and get a knot. I pull the line in and tuck my pole under my arm and start working on the small loop that formed. It was then I notice a tug under my arm, I looked up in time to see my rod separate and the lower half with reel start to float downstream. I pull in on the line but the current is strong enough to pull the line off the reel. I see the butt end is just a few steps away so I go after it. About three steps in I hit the edge of a very steep, very deep pool. I immediately go under and my waders fill with water, I am now an anchor in a fast moving current. I manage to get my feet downstream and find the other edge of the pool and pull myself free of the current. I still have my rod tip and line in hand! I try to retrieve my lost pole but it is wedged at the bottom of the pool.
Well after several misguided attempts I decide to tie on an indicator and cut the line at the backing. I may have better luck someday when the weather is warmer and I have someone on hand to back me up on my swim. So if you want to have an adventure with me to retrieve my favortie 3wt just drop me a line. Right now I am drying out by the fire and enjoying a good beer, happy to be alive with a story to share.
-Keith
All that is necessary for evil to succeed is for good men to do nothing