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A charter customer leaves a rod [stupidly] on his lap and loses it when a marlin hits in Hemmingway's "to have and have not" . Captain Harry Morgan charges the customer the retail cost to replace new of the rod and reel but does not charege for the line . The customer agrees to pay . In the movie Capt Harry Morgan [Humphry Bogard] catches the thief and gets paid . In the book he gets away . A few years ago i was taking my rod from a holder. it accidently caught a boat road and the boat rod went in . I apologized to the capt and offered to replace the set up . First he tried to keep my black hole stella combo [retail $1000from Mr Kilsong] then demanded $600 for his set up . In the intrest of good will i offered to and eventually replaced the exact set up that had been lost -- an ugly stick and shimano baitrunner from a well respected shop close to the boat in question at retail for less than $300. He thanked me and promised me a free trip some time in the future . So much for good will . Every time i have called him since then he has been "full " . If you read this Capt- I'm still waiting for that free trip you said I could have the next time you had only four or five people but were going to sail anyway .