WPCfishing

Has anyone looked at his new rods? The paint on them looks pretty darn nice. The reel seat is painted too. I'm not so sure that's a good idea. It may be "slippery when wet". I like the guides too.. stainless is tougher than Ti. The 7'4" rod is 5.3oz. The 7' is 4.7 oz. I can't get a good answer from Abu or any of the dealers I spoke to regarding the power rating. I think it's a 6. The model is: IKE74-6

Hey, I think his rods are awesome. I had planned to buy a couple of his rods. My experience with service wasn't good so I'll pass. It's not that big a deal.

This thread is Out "Rage" Us! I like them to.. Hit some heavy veggies with them on a punch jig.. Smoken!

BP still offers them. My nephew loves them. He bought two of them for use in his canoe.

You're a funny dude...

I think it's safe to assume that shipping fee would X you outta there in a split second! lol An obvious error..

How did the reels work out for you? Are you happy with them?

That's great. Good to hear your happy with Mike!

You didn't.......

Congrats... You must really love what your doing.

5902 post and you just decided the threads are redundant. Maybe its time for you to find a new place to converse where you won't be so angry.

DTack, Do what you would if you met someone you didn't want to be around. A drunk for instance.. Nobody likes being around a drunk, right...

I won't ship my gear to anyone other than the manufacturer.

Which brand braid and conditioner do you use?

So let say a company sent you 25 rods to test for them. How much time do you think it would take you to evaluate all of them?

ww2farmer, Where's the argument? A question was asked, it was answered by multiple members and became a discussion.

I was at Cabela's today, the Silver Hawk I handled was an excellent rod. Lite, well balanced, ACS reel seat and quality guides. Just a very nice rod on sale for 60 bucks. If they had a 7' heavy I'd have bought it.

So You got a look at his rods.... Did you cast any of them? Overall what did you think of them?

I'm at Cabela's look at gear right now.. They're inventory sucks..

I've read articles that mention some of the reels are made in China.. maybe the writer was wrong. Personally I don't mind where they are made. As far as bashing goes, I haven't seen many post anywhere in the forum that insult Shimano. My reply referring to the OP returning the Shimano and switching to Lews was a tease.. Not meant to stir up sheat to make it stink.. lol I suppose if there has been a lot of bashing it would be cause for Shimano owners to feel insulted rather than chuckle after reading my post. Sorry about that fella's. Also let me add: Shimano was the company that built the original Lews reels. If not for them Lews may never had developed the brand. Shimano has always been a quality product driven company.

I read an article recently that implied that some of them were made in China. It really doesn't matter to me. I like Shimano.. But I'm a Lews die-hard.

Yes they are. Depends on the model.

He got a noisy Shimano reel., must be a Chinese version.. He should send it back and switch to Lews.

Lews are built in Korea. Most of the Shimano reels are made in China as is the new Ardent.

Has anyone checked out his rod video's? They're short but right to the point. The rod specs are in my wheel house.. Even the reel seat with a conventional seat nut which is important to me are part of the specs. It's not the oversized aluminum clicker nut.