St.Croix tried to replace a $430 fly rod that broke on me with a $200 dollar rod and tried to tell me that the cheaper rod was just as good I asked the St.Croix rep why would I spend so much on a good rod when I could spend a lot less on a cheap rod. He had no answer for that logic. Haven't bought one of their rods since.
That is a very nice piece on fish handling. I might suggest you specifically remind people not to drag fish up onto the bank to land, take pictures, remove hooks and then kick them back into the water. I see it everyday up in the trophy area. Thanks Phil ,great job as always.
I had to pull a young girl into my bass boat last year in early October .She was downstream from her father and siblings about 150 yards and she tipped over in her rental kayak. I had a polar fleece top on and she was in a t- shirt. Wind was blowing 15 mph. I told her dad that is was a bad idea to have his kids in Yaks when they were running 3 turbines. I also told him that she could get hypothermia by the time they got down to Cooper Creek since this happened up by Short Creek. I got her back in her kayak even though she was shivering and off they went on their merry way. At least she had her life jacket on.