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Unless Jesus signed the scale certification and stayed for the picture, I'm still calling BS

Woah Woah don't forget about my beloved Hawkeyes.

That is a dandy Spotted bass. Thanks for the report.

What "progressives" have done since LBJ has been politically brilliant. I don't often agree with "progressive" ideals but "conservatives" are way behind in their political strategy. IMHO this "progressive" movement is a train going downhill, even if a "conservative" gets elected President at best they can apply the brakes a bit but there is no stopping it.

I agree in the short term Shimano is going to take a hit, although as a long term business strategy I think all rod companies will need to reconsider their warranty policies. Its my understanding that due to govt. regulations, if a company offers a lifetime warranty that company must set aside a percentage of every sale of that product. That money must be set aside in an escrow account for potential future warranty claims. If a company is selling a large amount of rods (Shimano, St Croix, G Loomis) I can see this being a huge financial burden. I'm sure there is some magic price point at which sales drop precipitously, so I can see some companies keeping a lifetime warranty on their highest end rods. I know the consumer wont see a lower price but I hope a large percentage of that money Shimano is "saving" goes towards R&D, I haven't been impressed with many of their products although I hear/read their new Zodias rods are great.

I think most if not all the major rod manufacturers will stop offering a Lifetime warranty on their rods. It is too cost prohibitive for them to continue to do so. I'm not saying the consumer will see a lower price but.....

It is the old black one, and I agree the new Carbonlite in that model is quite different from the old model.

I frequently look but rarely post but I will throw in my .02(not sure if its even worth that ) on rods for the Ned rig. I settled on throwing my rigs on 2 different rods: St Croix Premier 6' ML and BPS Carbonlite 6' 9" ML both are adequate for my needs although I tend to throw the heavier rigs on the 6 footer. I will say it took me a few trips to realize that my Medium spinning rods were just not as effective for the rigs. I finally tried the 6' ML I had originally bought years ago for small river smallmouth fishing and found I was more successful with it.

what glue do you guys prefer for your ned rigs? I havent found one I like yet? looking for easy no-mess application.

Looks like some good coverage from Bassmaster.

Recieved mine yesterday they look great, can't wait to try them.

They look great, sent you an email.

Me too. Me too.

Americans in general have never had their money problems fixed by making more money. Generally we make the same poor decisions making 20K a year as 100K.

So you are pissed that someone else is happy that they are debt free????