Fishing Rod Pen

[johncrane]

l had at bit of bad luck recent while on a 8 day fishing trip with
my dad on the murry river.My Penn Fishing Rod snapped off halfway between the grip and the second eye' while fighting a good size cod.l was really mad and kicking my self and thinking why the hell did l lock up the drag'that's a big no'no' l nearly thru the rest of the rod in the river.My

Dad stopped me!anyway on the way home l was thinking l could make a pen with whats left and this is it l will carry this pen every time l go fishing to remind me off that day.

 

[LanceD]

John, that's a neat idea on the penn pen. Now you can think about replaceing that old Penn rod with a "Swampland "rod from the swamps of Louisiana [][}].

 

[Penmonkey]

I love it! Is that a first?

 

[TellicoTurning]

John,
Now that you have a spare handle, you can take it apart and turn a nice wood handle for a new rod blank..

Check this guys site.... he does some great things for fishing rods.

http://classiccustomwood.com/build_your_own.htm

 

[gerryr]

Nice job John. That's probably the best use I can think of for a Penn rod. Good work. If you want a new rod, I know three excellent rod builders in Australia. Send me an email and I can give their names and email addresses.

 

[Dario]

Nice job and good save!

 

[NavyDiver]

Nice job and a great way to remember your outing.

 

[bob393]

Cool!

 

[kkwall]

Cool! Nice pen, with history![8D]

 

[BigRob777]

Now that's my kinda pen. I love penn reels and their rods too. I've never snapped one, but it makes a great story. I did have a shark bite off the body of a 45" ± grouper once.
Rob

 

[johncrane]

Thanks guys!BigRob its the first for me too.[]

 

[GBusardo]

John, Don't know how I missed this post. I love the idea and you made it work! I had a Fenwick rod break on me once. Too bad I still dont have the blank or I could have stolen your idea! [}] Super job by way

 

[johncrane]

No worries GARY! thankyou for the comments' []