I stepped outside my normal routine the other night,,,

[Rip-Plugger]

well,I got done slinging wood the other night and I did something I know I should not have done.
I went outside of my routine and I have learned that when I do that problems show up.
I normally put all my gear in it's place before I leave the waters edge.
well,this night I did not do that.
I walked to the car and then put everything on top of the car.
I put my pliers away,I put my lipper away and I put my rod/bag away.
what I didn't put away was the plug I had on the line.
I left it on and put that on top too.
Well,I got in and hit the road.
as I got on the highway,I heard a roll and thump down the back of the car.
I thought what was that and then it hit me,i left the plug up there.

I thought it had to be in a million pieces by now and was not going to go back for it.
when I got to the next exit,i got off and went back around.
as I made my way back,I saw a motorcycle pulled over and a guy was looking under it,maybe he ran over it.
I got off and went around to get back on where it fell.
I roll up slow on the wide shoulder and there it was in the3 middle of the ramp.
I got out and picked it up.
to my surprise it was indeed run over but, very much intact.
the lip was bent straight down with several nicks in it,the tail treble was mangled and one of the points was broken off a halfinch or so.
it had a few dents on the side that was on the pavement but,over all it was still very solid and fixable.
I took my file and filed the nicks out pretty much then a lightly sanded the surface with fine grit and all it need to back in action is a fresh coat of epoxy.
glad I went back as I was not going to at first but,my motto of "never leave a plug behind" overwhelmed me so I went back and all is well!



R-P