Hello, everyone! I received an unexpected Christmas gift late last night. I entered a writing contest for a local rod maker, fetha Styx Rods, with the hope of winning a fishing rod for my dad.

I checked their blog last night and learned that I came as close to winning as I could.  It is a beautifully bitter sweet and equally exciting for me.  The bitter sweet originates from wanting to win this rod for my dad and the excitement comes from having written a story that fetha Styx Rods deemed worthy to post on their blog.

Many of you have already read about the story I sent them, but click on the link below to see the story I wrote.  The piece is called, Time to Get Crankin' at the top of the page.

http://fethastyxblog.com/

Merry Christmas to all of you and God bless the troops!

-ib

Good read And Congrats

Congrats ... but does this mean you had to buy him a new rod?

Great read. Sorry you didn't win.