{"id":617,"date":"2017-12-20T22:04:17","date_gmt":"2017-12-20T22:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/?p=617"},"modified":"2017-12-20T22:06:39","modified_gmt":"2017-12-20T22:06:39","slug":"round-3-entry-26-paul-harps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/2017\/12\/20\/round-3-entry-26-paul-harps\/","title":{"rendered":"Round 3 – Entry 26 – Paul Harps"},"content":{"rendered":"

I received my 6 weight Hot Torpedo (No. 2) just about five years ago, in the middle of the winter, a month before my job was to be terminated in the spring of 2013.\u00a0My heart was broken, my life turned upside-down, but I had a wonderful wife and I had fish.<\/p>\n

Of course, upon hearing that news, I went fishing.<\/p>\n

I brought the Sexyloops Hot Torpedo to Mexico for bonefish, ladyfish, and snappers on the flats, I lost a permit with it.\u00a0It came as a lightweight rod to Cuba.The rod came north with me to Baffin\u00a0Island, three times now, in search of land locked Arctic Char.\u00a0The rod has been the first out of the truck on rivers in Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming.\u00a0It has stalked trout, and grayling, and pike, and carp, and bass.\u00a0It has also sat on the bank or stayed in the truck during naps on the river, but always ready to cast.<\/p>\n

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I cringe when\u00a0dumbbell eyes hit the blank on a bad cast.\u00a0I have tossed the rod up on the bank as I fell into the water.\u00a0I have forgot it at home and missed it during three hours of driving without fishing. \u00a0It has made time more enjoyable on many waterbodies, and I am thankful that it is part of an excuse to get out.\u00a0If objects can hold memories, the rod has a fair share.<\/p>\n

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For me, the rod is\u00a0more than a just a tool. I have other rods that I enjoy to cast – slow rods, large rods,\u00a0long rods, even a rod without a reel. I fish in places where the 6 weight is not the most appropriate tool.<\/p>\n

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But for what it’s worth, I received the Hot Torpedo during one of the most unstable times in my life. \u00a0To me, it symbolizes more than just a piece of graphite.\u00a0It is an escape, forever tied to being able to find a small piece of enjoyment and solitude during dark days.\u00a0While things haven’t stabilized in my life, I know that tomorrow or next week, or maybe sometime next month, I can grab a box of flies and the Hot Torpedo, and head down to the river as a tonic for my soul.<\/p>\n

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Thank you for the rod and the memories, Paul!<\/p>\n

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I received my 6 weight Hot Torpedo (No. 2) just about five years ago, in the middle of the winter, a month before my job was to be terminated in the spring of 2013.\u00a0My heart was broken, my life turned upside-down, but I had a wonderful wife and I had fish. Of course, upon hearing … Continue reading “Round 3 – Entry 26 – Paul Harps”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":619,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=617"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":627,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617\/revisions\/627"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}