0 In English public schools, punishment could be physical (beating) or scholastic (writing out lines - usually classical poetry in Greek or Latin). 0-
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It could also mean ups and downs as he had been there for so long and remembered so much.
it means that from the sea of his memories(a lot of memories) he is talking out some of memories.
It's a double entendre: In fishing you have a rod and fishing lines. In school you have rod (for spanking) and lines (writing lines out of a book or such) as punishment.