Quote Originally Posted by robbor View Post
I used to check mick thills web site and he would announce new products and then never would have them for sell, he always said they would be avail NEXT season.

Mick's mother and sister both have serious health issues. He spends a good amount of time in England taking care of them. In addition, he had a cancer scare a couple of years ago himself. Taken together, these things have really hurt his business.


Quote Originally Posted by robbor View Post
a little kid ... had been there fishing for about 2 hours and had caught nothing(10-12# test,red/white bobber, #12 hook).

Yeah, that's very typical and very sad. I hate to see kids not catching fish, and tackle like that pretty much guarantees a lack of success. Kudos for helping him out.