pine_knot wrote on Nov 15^th, 2013 at 1:05pm:

Now if I could just keep from dropping (losing) entire rods and reels in the  lake (done that twice in the past 5 years), I'll really feel better...  :'(   >:(   ;D

I was in the stern when I saw my bow man throw his rod away while casting. He'd been casting to one side mostly when he switched sides. Instead of just releasing his index finger to let the line out, he opened his whole hand. I was kind of in shock, but yes he did it.  :o
He was a bit of a goof, intelligent, but not much common sense.