My son can relate the story from his young days when I calmly took his rod and reel from him in the boat, removed the Johnson reel from the rod, threw it as high as I could into the air, and we quietly watched it arc over and splash into the lake. We then went to shore, headed in to Fuller's, and got the ABU-Garcia.

Edit - I have been advised by the son in question that my mind suffers from old-person's lapse and the good reel is a Diawa rather than an ABU. This correction should be taken into account when reading my previous endorsement as well. In my defense, the rod is an ABU-Garcia.

Last edited by 5sdad; 07/15/14.
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