"Wilko" wrote in message
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...I did have one boat fly off the roof at one time, because it wasn't
tied on at all... At least it stayed on for several kilometres of winding
roads through the hills, before finally flying off after I went down one
hill at around 100 km/h ~60mph :-)

I once set a two piece fly rod in the rain gutter on the roof of a Geo
Tracker while loading up other gear for a fishing trip.

You guessed it......I forgot about the fly rod.

I drove from southeast Wisconsin to central Pennsylvania, something over 700
miles (in excess of 1130 kilometers,if I remember my Celsius to Fahrenheit
conversions) and was unpacking at the end of the trip when I noticed the
butt section still sitting exactly where I'd left it. The tip section is
MIA.

As you have probably guessed, the butt section of a two piece fly rod is
thoroughly useless without the corresponding tip section. With this in
mind, I left it where it was for the duration of my week long sojourn among
various trout streams in the company of good friends, and returned home via
more or less the same route with nary a deviation in my packing routine. I
still have that butt section.

Wolfgang
um......if anybody has a spare tip section to a seventies vintage sears 7
wt. fiberglass fly rod.......