In this week's MidCurrent ask-the-expert column, Phil Monahan suggests eight simple ways to protect your fly rods from accidental breakage. "Some of these rules might seem obvious," he says,"but you'd be amazed by how often otherwise savvy anglers break them...and their rods."
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Good advice. I have broken two, both by being lazy and not breaking down my rod after fishing, carrying them assembled in the truck. Saves time but costs money!!