Courtesy Sal Monid - Letter Chain w/ Pic of Monster King Taken on the Fly
January 18th, 2008
THIS IS AN ACTUAL LETTER CHAIN COURTESY OF SAL MONID’S BUDDY, MIKE RAMSEY.
Subject: The reason why I need a Graphite III, 10150-3 piece.
Dear Wendy at Sage:
I am Mike from Canada. You guys probably saved my life. There I was
fishing a remote Canadian River, with my trusty Sage Graphite III
10150-3 spey rod. I was feeling good, probably only 3-5 grizzly bears
behind me and only one angler down stream. I was thinking pleasant
thoughts Canadian beer, how fat and satisfied the bears looked, how
they were looking at the other guy not me…..anyway I was wading along
pretty good booming spey casts with my Graphite III 10150-3 Spey Rod.
Over head an eagle soared….your bird…remember….When I had a tug,
no a yank. I did not have time to set the hook, that I remember. The
reel started screaming at octaves only dogs could hear, 40 miles away,
…. some poor reel engineer would have cried if he heard it…and I am
sure we could have generated enough power to run the camp that day if I
had a turbine…Anyway…then it rolled..at first I though it was a
small marine mammal…perhaps a seal or sea lion…or dolphin…no,
there are no dolphins in fresh water so it had to be a salmon. It shot
off down one run then the next then the next….I made more moves than
Sidney Crosby on a penalty shot (you do watch hockey don’t you?). So
after 45 minutes the salmon started to wonder if I was gonna make it and
seeing I probably was not…came into shore. When I crawled over to see
how big it was I was aghast….and yelled so loud for my partner to come
and get a photo the area is still suffering from glacial ice
slides….Without that Sage Graphite III I could have never landed that
fish or cast to it….I have tried all of your others the 10151-4
piece…that often becomes the 10151- 12 piece… the TCR series the
9140’s the 10150-4’s…and I just can not pull it all together……
One of your great fore-fathers once said ” for every good man…..there
is only one good rod”…..we have given you Canadian beer, a good place
to fish, a dollar that never is as high as yours (even though you guys
have a quat-trillion dollars debt (figure that out), our water, our
lumber, infected cows and women who can ride live stock…..all I want
in return is one Graphite III 10150-3 piece, oh and you to change your
horrific music on your call waiting…..otherwise you may drive someone
to alcoholism…..
Please consider my request attached is the fish, length 47 inches,
girth 30 inches….estimated 53 pounds, released.
Thank you Wendy at Sage……
SAGE MANUFACTURING RESPONSE
Hello Mike from Canada,
Thank you very much for sharing with us the story behind your epic
battle with the giant king. I know I speak for everyone when I say that
your tale, along with the photo made us smile big toothy grins. And, we
really do appreciate all that you Canucks have given us……Canadian
beer ( PBR me ASAP ), a good place to fish ( which one? ), a dollar that
never is as high as ours( give it a few more days ), your water, your
lumber, infected cows and women who can ride live stock( my personal
favorite ).
As for the 10150-3, we at Sage also understand that ” for every good
man…..there is only one good rod”. Therefore, Mike, we would be
pleased to honor your request to build one last 10150-3 graphite III two
handed rod for your casting/fishing pleasure. If you are interested,
the cost for the rod along with shipping and handling will be $398.00.
All we will need from you to get started is your credit card information
and a mailing address. You could either send me an email or give me a
call with that information and we could likely get the rod in the mail
to you sometime next week. I’ll look forward to hearing from you.
Thanks again and have a great day!
Cheers,
Chris Andersen
Sales Manager
Sage Manufacturing
THANKS FOR THE STORY SAL…AND THANK YOU, MASTER MIKE!
H3LLCAT