doubletaper
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I Felt the Demon Today
I Felt the Demon Today I sit in the dentist chair, helpless, like a fish out of water. Like a fish’s fins to it’s body, my elbows are clinched tight against my sides, not able to reach the dentists neck! Though the left side of my face is numb I feel the pulling and tugging on my #19 molar as if being the lure trying to be dislodged from a sunken log attached to 30lb test line! He wrestles the tooth like an amateur trying to release a treble hook from a smallmouth, his hand gripped tightly on the silvery instrument pliers! I felt the demon today and cursed him! I try sitting still not wanting him to lose grip and rip my lip with an errant slip. My eyes tear up as my buttocks tightens, I swear my butt raises off the seat with the last upward tug! I felt the demon today and prayed to God let it be over! The ordeal ends and I am released to go. Gauze fills my numb cheek like a gob of red power bait in a trout’s mouth too big to swallow. I walk through the waiting room trying not to wince in pain or show weakness, like a trout released back into the pool with his buddies trying not to look embarrassed for getting caught in the first place. I pull into the drive and there’s a triangular package up against the side door, I try to grin but feel no facial expression on my numb face! I slide the green cylinder rod tube out of the cardboard box. I slip out the rod sock and untie it. Delicately, I lay down the four pieces. There it sets, right from Hardy & Greys Limited. I gently piece together the 7 footer and grip the 3 weight in my hand. (I may have slobbered unknowingly) With no pain, I felt the Demon today, I thanked God! ~doubletaper pics to follow. the dentist said no strenuous activity for today so i'm going down to the creek to try out my new Hardy Demon rod
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Cold
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RE: I Felt the Demon Today
2010/05/05 17:54:34
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If its of the dental work, please...spare us the pics.
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Mr.Slickfish
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RE: I Felt the Demon Today
2010/05/05 21:27:38
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Nice post DT....I'll refrain from posting my own "dental pics"
I don't always snag fish, but when I do... I choose Little Cleos I'm the best looking smartest snagging poacher alive...
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HCsteel
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RE: I Felt the Demon Today
2010/05/05 23:07:14
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Great Story DT, I think you will like the Hardy. Everything that I have read about that line is killer, I mean how can't you go wrong with a hardy. I really need to get my hands on one of the Greys 10' 4wt euro nymphing rods before I go to PSU.
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doubletaper
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RE: I Felt the Demon Today
2010/05/06 08:06:20
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razmatazz05
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RE: I Felt the Demon Today
2010/05/06 08:16:04
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fantastic. for a second there i thought you found a crawfish claw. that's one serious root
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RE: I Felt the Demon Today
2010/05/06 09:41:41
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Yikes! That looks as if it went deep in the jaw! Sweet rod! Nice feesh too. Great read but gave me chills.
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RE: I Felt the Demon Today
2010/05/16 17:15:01
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I see the go to fly is in the trouts mouth LOL, so do you need a new toothbrush LOL, Nice fish Buddy
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RE: I Felt the Demon Today
2010/05/16 20:15:07
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DT - This was great!!!!!!!!!!!!! That pic of the molar!!!!!!!! what in the world?????!!! I laughed me a%% off. You have always been gifted with your words and this made my day. Heck I'm still chuckling about it - showed it to my son and he loved it. And the Demon.... I tried one out at the Hardy warehouse here in Lancaster and I could not believe how the thing threw a 4 weight line. Amazing!!!! I have the Demon reel that I use for steel and love it. One of those sure would look good on that rod.. Congrats to ya buddy - not on the tooth but on the rod
"They say you forget your troubles on a trout stream, but that's not quite it..... you begin to see where your troubles fit into the grand scheme of things, and suddenly they're just not such a big deal anymore." John Gierach
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Todd1126
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RE: I Felt the Demon Today
2010/05/17 16:31:22
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I dont mean to laugh at your pain but that was the funniest thing I ever read.... I too am awaiting some dental work so I shouldnt laugh too loud but congrats, that was awesome. Enjoy the new rod, I didnt see that one coming in the begining of that story.
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