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<blockquote data-quote="SupressYourself" data-source="post: 29213" data-attributes="member: 340">MicLee, I feel some of your pain.&nbsp; I've also had to swim after a boat before.&nbsp; The water was about 55 degrees, so fairly unpleasant, but luckily the boat was only about 75 yards and I had towels and extra clothes in it.I also went swimming one time to get my rod back.&nbsp; I had put it down with lure floating on top of the water to tend to whatever my kid was yelling about.&nbsp; I heard a &quot;plooop&quot;, turned around and saw it heading for the bottom.&nbsp; It was my best-good setup.&nbsp; There's no way I was gonna let a bass make off with it.&nbsp; I dove in head first and was able to grab it.&nbsp; It's hard to set a hook while treading water, so sadly, the fish got away. Not all that &quot;crazy&quot; but continuing with the 'disaster' line, my brother and I were fishing and he was all proud of his brand new G Loomis.&nbsp; In those days, I thought it was absurd to pay that much for a fishing rod.&nbsp; So we're pulling spinners, and he hooks a great big tree branch.&nbsp; He gets it up to the boat and pulls it out of the water.&nbsp; He lays his Loomis down with half of it hanging over the edge so he could grab the branch with both hands.&nbsp; When we catch a stick, we like to throw it towards shore to keep our fishing lanes clear.&nbsp; So he goes to launch it like a damn Scottsman throwing a log, and the top of it breaks off, falls on top of his rod and snaps it in half.&nbsp; There was a moment of stunned disbelief followed by enough cursing to make a sailor blush.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SupressYourself, post: 29213, member: 340"] MicLee, I feel some of your pain. I've also had to swim after a boat before. The water was about 55 degrees, so fairly unpleasant, but luckily the boat was only about 75 yards and I had towels and extra clothes in it. I also went swimming one time to get my rod back. I had put it down with lure floating on top of the water to tend to whatever my kid was yelling about. I heard a "plooop", turned around and saw it heading for the bottom. It was my best-good setup. There's no way I was gonna let a bass make off with it. I dove in head first and was able to grab it. It's hard to set a hook while treading water, so sadly, the fish got away. Not all that "crazy" but continuing with the 'disaster' line, my brother and I were fishing and he was all proud of his brand new G Loomis. In those days, I thought it was absurd to pay that much for a fishing rod. So we're pulling spinners, and he hooks a great big tree branch. He gets it up to the boat and pulls it out of the water. He lays his Loomis down with half of it hanging over the edge so he could grab the branch with both hands. When we catch a stick, we like to throw it towards shore to keep our fishing lanes clear. So he goes to launch it like a damn Scottsman throwing a log, and the top of it breaks off, falls on top of his rod and snaps it in half. There was a moment of stunned disbelief followed by enough cursing to make a sailor blush. [/QUOTE]

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