Wally,

IF you could somehow intertwine THIS trip report with pictures of your busted up Fenwick rod and attempts to fix and e-mail it them, I bet you would get a new rod for sure ;D

 Just go's to show, you can never be TOO prepared for an adventure.
I took sandals ONE time on a river trip, ended up doing as much wading/portaging as floating.  That's the last time I ever wore sandals other than for camp use.

It's funny because you came out of it relatively unscathed, but it could of been much worse if the weather would of changed or you wound up lame from your bushwack adventure.  I bet the better half is going to never let you forget this adventure ;D