Quote Originally Posted by D10 View Post
Randy I had a similar experience fishing the Little Red River with my Supervisor (who also guides on the LRR) and another coworker. I was fishing with a couple of JDM rods and trout magnets and zig jigs, and I was hanging with my boss who was fly fishing. Normally he spanks me when he is fly fishing. My other coworker was using a pretty nice IM8 blank rod and he probably caught 10% the fish we did. After I while I let him use my MC Triple Cross and he almost immediately started catching more fish. They really do make a difference in certain situations. He was mulling over which rod should be his initial JDM rod purchase, when my broken rod was delivered to the office. I think it changed his mind. He says with his luck, it would happen to him too. After I get this all sorted out, I bet I can get him back on board after I start spamming him this spring fishing for bluegill and redear.


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You know Matt I know it is disheartening to receive a rod like that. Shoot it ain't even my rod and I feel your pain. It will somehow get worked out in the end though. I hope folks understand though this is an anomaly...of course that statement doesn't make you feel any better. I used to fear about something like that happening to me with either a rod or a reel. I confirmed what you said about them not letting one open a package until it is signed for with my postman. So it kind of makes the whole insurance point useless...I guess. It's too late for me to change my ways...LOL......I'm hooked. The next couple of years I hope to be trying out the super high end rods...and reels. Not as many but might as well see what it is like at the top. The Evergreens.....Olympic.....a Daiwa AGS trout rod, and probably a few that as of yet I don't even know about. As soon as these outputs for the dams slow down I will be out with the Banshees having a ball on some bluegill...crappie....and I think you will too. Exciting times ahead!

Regards