Did you get your fly hung up
then, while trying to free it,
snap the tip on your fly rod?
Don't panic. There's still time
to make things right:
the fly rod has a butt
doesn't it? Well. break
the butt of the fly rod
over your knee

Did your child snap the tip
from your fly rod
while trying to poke
a badmitten birdie
out of a tree?
Now's your chance
to give that special
little lesson in ethics
Don't hit the child.
Just remove the broken tip
from the fly rod and break
the butt of the fly rod
over your knee.

Did your fishing partner
knock your fly rod
on the ground and then
when you yelled, "Watch Out!"
turn around and say, "What?"
and step on the tip
of your fly rod?
Well, when your fishing
partner says, "Sorry,"
and offers to pay,
just say, "Oh no, that's o.k."
and break
the butt of the fly rod
on your knee.

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