Dude, I found an off season use for my swim bait rod last night...as a skunk prod. Little stinky bastard set up camp on my patio about 3 am in the morning and the only thing handy with my mind still in a haze was to grab the longest thing within reach at the moment, that was my GLoomis 8-footer to try and coax the little bassard to get gone. Only problem was my swimbait was till tied on and attached to the reel. Running the ragged edge of panic to try and not get covered in skunk bunghole cologne I nearly got the trebles buried in my hand. But in the end the stiff staff did it's job and like my last few outing with that rod and bait combo, I got skunked yet again.
BMC