My Legend Tournament Has Arrived!!!

[BassinLou]

Hot off the presses. I just got a knock at the door and it was the fed-ex man. I am excited and frustrated all at the same time. The rod is gorgeous. However I am frustrated because I am under strict advisement from the Dr. and wife to suspend fishing for a month because of severe fisherman's elbow. This injury is not to be taken lightly. People that know me laugh when I say I have fisherman's elbow. When they see that I am not laughing with them they know how serious it is. Anyways enough sad stories. I could not pass up the deal in the bargain room. For $120 bucks I got a rod that retails high $200's. I know because I have been checking around sites and they have yet to adjust their prices even with the new models in stock already.

[Silas]

I know just how you feel, Lou!! Got mine a week ago and water has been so high, the water ways have been closed, and the water is still rising tonite. Great rods at fantastic prices!

On the fisherman's elbow.....can you learn to cast with the other hand? Or does it hurt to reel also? I've never heard of the malady. Very interesting.

I'm sorry you are confined......good luck!

[zachb34]

i got mine broken they told me to keep it and immediately sent me a new and this rod is defiantly worth it. about that elbow lol I had the same issue last summer found a spot to throw Carolina rigs and caught fish almost every cast for a week straight it took three weeks to completely heal.

[Diggy]

use your toes

[TNBassin']

I have "sledgehammer elbow", and it side lined me for about a month. A good day of fishing aggravates it's so, no it's not to be taken lightly.

[BassinLou]

Silas, to answer your question about casting with my other arm. Its not my casting arm that's the problem. Basically, fisherman's elbow is caused by the over use of the forearm muscles and those muscles are attached to tendons on the outside point of the outer edge of the elbow. The effected area is the size of a quarter and when it becomes chronic it hurts like heck. Unfortunately, it takes a long time to recover because that area does not receive a lot of blood flow which makes recovery longer. So for now I will read everyone's fishing stories and questions and become a backseat fisherman for a little while. Tight lines!!

[ChiCityBasser]

Silas, to answer your question about casting with my other arm. Its not my casting arm that's the problem. Basically, fisherman's elbow is caused by the over use of the forearm muscles and those muscles are attached to tendons on the outside point of the outer edge of the elbow. The effected area is the size of a quarter and when it becomes chronic it hurts like heck. Unfortunately, it takes a long time to recover because that area does not receive a lot of blood flow which makes recovery longer. So for now I will read everyone's fishing stories and questions and become a backseat fisherman for a little while. Tight lines!!

Wow, got tendonitis in both my elbow and wrist on my casting arm and was told to take two weeks off as well and given a script to relieve the inflammation also. It does hurt like heck and took a week off and the wrist felt better and the elbow is ok except on some hook sets. Since its getting cooler in my neck of the woods I can rest the elbow and wrist over the winter as my doc also suggested physical therapy if the pain persisted.