Boy, I hear you. My first rod was a bamboo cane pole my grandpa gave me. My second rod was a fly rod blank with a spinning reel on it, also my grandpa's. A beating like that on a 15 yo boy is totally uncalled for, and might be enough to put him off fishing for life... PB is a much more reasonable website. And no one here would admonish anyone for eating a fish he caught in his own BOW!!
Last edited by Bocomo; 07/16/12 10:50 PM.