I capsized from a canoe in about 12 feet of water with a friend and his rod did the same thing. It must be the air trapped in the hollow of the rod blank, but the reel weighs down the other end.
Neville (Nev) Gosling On 2012-08-18, at 7:33 AM, Alan Di Somma wrote: > Exactly right Nev. > I can't be sure the two rods fell over at the same time, and which direction > it is laying on the bottom. Luckily , I was only about 30-40 yards from shore > when I noticed they were gone. > I know the spot I picked the one up. Strange thing is that one fell to the > bottom and the other stood up so I could grab the tip and lift it out. That's > how I know how deep the water was . > > Thank you, > > Alan Di Somma > > > > Sent from my iPad > > > > > > On Aug 17, 2012, at 6:31 PM, Neville Gosling <nev.gosl...@shaw.ca> wrote: > >> >> I'm with Joyce on the rake. If it was me, I would develop a grid and drag >> in more than one direction. Sometimes, the missing item is not where you >> think it may be. >> >> Neville (Nev) gosling >> >> On 2012-08-17, at 4:19 PM, Joyce Westphal wrote: >> >>> So sorry you didn't find your rod. But, try the rake with a rope through >>> the hole in the handle..catches more than a magnet ever will as on the rod >>> there just isn't enough metal I think I can vouch for the effectiveness of >>> the garden rake. Joyce >>> >>> On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 9:38 AM, Alan Di Somma <phxflyt...@cox.net> wrote: >>> >>> Try as hard as I did, I could not retrieve my wayward rod. >>> >>> No fish either...... >>> >>> >>> Thank you, >>> >>> Alan Di Somma >>> >>> >>> >>> Sent from my iPad >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" >>> group. >>> >>> To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en >>> >>> VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" >>> group. >>> >>> To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en >>> >>> VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. >> >> To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en >> >> VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. > > To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en > > VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com
