I bought a canoe this spring;my brother and I decided to take a float trip down the Catawba river in South Carolina.The trip started by leaving his truck at the take out point and driving mine to the base of the Lake Wylie dam to put in.We started out by catching a few bass and bream in the calm waters below the dam.My brother and I usually get along fine until the water started getting a little faster and we started bouncing off of boulders.You would have thought we were shooting class 5 rapids.We were arguing about which way to tackle these raging waters;it didn't bother me when I saw his cigarettes floating in the bottom of the canoe.:rolleyes:after crossing under the I-77 bridge we came upon a drop off where we were paddling like mad trying to shoot the rapids.The current pushed us against a boulder and tipped us almost over;not knowing my favorite baitcaster had fallen out of the boat.We floated downstream a piece before noticing it was gone.I said a few bad words and knew I couldn't do anything about it.After going downstream about a half mile something caught my eye,it was my rod with the cork handle floating out of the water.We finally made it to the river park ready to take out when we saw that people were standing in the water.Our whole trip was taken in knee deep water.My brother and I still laugh at our mighty trip.:o