1.   Rod was very nervous having to do without his usual helicopter coverage.

2.   The wooden stemming rod was clearly safer, yet in every mining district there were those who disregarded the new rulings.

3.   This was considered a safety precaution, since the rods are hot in temperature as well as radioactive.

4.   The rods are on their way to Sellafield where the uranium will be recovered for future use.

5.   Although most professional chimney sweeps use the thick rods, homeowners will find the less-expensive medium rods are just as serviceable.

6.   A shorter, lighter-weight rod is probably better on small streams because it casts a thinner line more delicately.

7.   A. Maybe both rods were defective.

8.   A. That is what the honing rod is for.

9.   But his rod was nowhere in sight.

10.   Each rod is totally different and has a different action, action being the sway of the rod and how it throws the line out.