APK62 Posted January 6, 2017 Posted January 6, 2017 Was watching Bill Dance today. Now is is hawking Stren! After years of whoring High Seas he is back with stren! What have we learned? Money talks and BS walks! Anything for the buck! What a bunch of crap! Quote
Mumbly Posted January 6, 2017 Posted January 6, 2017 Wonder when that happened? With all the cut backs at Pure Fishing I find it hard to believe that it was a recent thing. Quote
Super User RoLo Posted January 6, 2017 Super User Posted January 6, 2017 I can't argue with your underlying premise, but I'll bet that comes as no surprise As an aside, Bill Dance started out as a furniture salesman (prior to the "All-American Bass Tournaments"). Roger 1 Quote
Super User Darren. Posted January 6, 2017 Super User Posted January 6, 2017 What's new...LOL. 2 Quote
Super User the reel ess Posted January 7, 2017 Super User Posted January 7, 2017 I noticed that about his last show too. I love BD. But the last Stren I used was inferior to Big Game. I threw the spool away. That's why I use Big Game. 2 Quote
Super User slonezp Posted January 7, 2017 Super User Posted January 7, 2017 What's wrong with a guy trying to put food on his table and clothes on his back? It's not like he switched to "JoeBobs Low Stretch Fluoro" He just has another big name brand on his resume. The best thing about it is you, as a consumer, can buy any line you want no matter who peddles it. 15 Quote
Super User RoLo Posted January 7, 2017 Super User Posted January 7, 2017 1 hour ago, slonezp said: What's wrong with a guy trying to put food on his table and clothes on his back? It's not like he switched to "JoeBobs Low Stretch Fluoro" He just has another big name brand on his resume. SO...You got sumhin agenst "JoeBob's Lo-Stritch Floro??" 7 Quote
KDW96 Posted January 7, 2017 Posted January 7, 2017 So its not a big deal when someone else does it?? Or is this some sort of personal gripe about Bill Dance? How many times has B.A.S.S switched truck or boat sponsers? I could go on an on here. But i wont waste anymore time and space on this silly topic............ 3 Quote
Super User Scott F Posted January 7, 2017 Super User Posted January 7, 2017 1 hour ago, andyfender said: Was watching Bill Dance today. Now is is hawking Stren! After years of whoring High Seas he is back with stren! What have we learned? Money talks and BS walks! Anything for the buck! What a bunch of crap! You do realize that without sponsors, there are no fishing shows on TV, actually almost no TV at all, no BASS tournaments, no Bass Resource! and no NASCAR, There wouldn't be newspapers, magazines and very little internet. There sure are a lot of "whores" around aren't there. 8 Quote
Super User flyfisher Posted January 7, 2017 Super User Posted January 7, 2017 I think it is funny when people get mad about people changing sponsors. I mean isn't it possible that there is more than one good line/lure/rod/reel/boat company out there? 6 Quote
Super User MIbassyaker Posted January 7, 2017 Super User Posted January 7, 2017 Yeah, the only lesson I take from sponsorship switcheroos like this is that, for most practical purposes, one company is about as good as another. 1 Quote
Super User flyfisher Posted January 7, 2017 Super User Posted January 7, 2017 I don't even care actually. I couldn't tell you who anyone is sponsored by really except maybe KVD. And i don't plan on buying any quantum gear anytime soon. 1 Quote
Reel Guy Posted January 7, 2017 Posted January 7, 2017 Its the same thing in the hunting world. I used to get upset about it because, as you know, one year this is the best this and that, and next year its a different this and that that they sponsor. Early on I used to watch these famous sponsors and trusted their judgement. If they thought something was the best, then I would use it. As I saw the pitchmen change their 'favorite' brand, I decided there is a lot of good equipment out there, both in the hunting and fishing world. I don't go with a product because Bill Dance or Michael Waddell sponsors the product. I will purchase it because it is a good product and it works for me. I understand that the 'right' pitchman can sell products but we don't have to buy them. That's just the way this whole recreation business operates. Money talks, that's no surprise. I just go on my own way and enjoy the products I buy. If they don't work, I buy something else. 3 Quote
Super User MassYak85 Posted January 7, 2017 Super User Posted January 7, 2017 The only time I have an issue with Pro's and sponsorships is if they trash old sponsors out of spite or act like their sponsor is "THE" brand to use, and then say the same thing about the next sponsor when they switch, and the next, and the next... Quote
Super User NorcalBassin Posted January 7, 2017 Super User Posted January 7, 2017 If Stren offered to pay me a chunk of money to use their line I'm pretty sure all that Tatsu and Invizx would find its way off the spools pretty quickly... 1 Quote
tander Posted January 7, 2017 Posted January 7, 2017 A man got to do what a man got to do. Who cares what Bill endorses. I like him but I am only going to buy what I think will work for me. 5 Quote
bigfruits Posted January 7, 2017 Posted January 7, 2017 doesnt he do fake bloopers and fish private lakes? put salt on everything. 2 Quote
Super User N Florida Mike Posted January 7, 2017 Super User Posted January 7, 2017 2 hours ago, bigfruits said: doesnt he do fake bloopers and fish private lakes? put salt on everything. Hey,If I could make a living doing that I would.More power to him. 3 Quote
"hamma" Posted January 7, 2017 Posted January 7, 2017 Whats wrong with stren? Take a look at my PB over there<<< Yeah,.. caught on stren, 12 lb test,..... how u doin? and Bill Dance is making a living doing what he loves to do again,...How u doin? not to sound abrasive, but,...really? Enzo Amoire, Big Cass, and the WWE universe couldnt put it any better. In Enzo's quiet voice,... how u doin? lol,.. just funnin around Quote
Super User slonezp Posted January 7, 2017 Super User Posted January 7, 2017 13 hours ago, MassYak85 said: The only time I have an issue with Pro's and sponsorships is if they trash old sponsors out of spite or act like their sponsor is "THE" brand to use, and then say the same thing about the next sponsor when they switch, and the next, and the next... I saw a seminar from KVD a few years back and he was promoting a brand of line that didn't even sponsor him. I honestly don't remember the brand but I do remember him specifically saying that they were not one of his sponsors. 2 Quote
awohlwend Posted January 7, 2017 Posted January 7, 2017 Most athletes with sponsorships probably make as much or more money from their sponsors than they do on winnings or salary. Marketing their sponsors products as "the best" is just part of the gig. Do your own research and pick the best product for your application vs buying what your favorite athlete uses. 2 Quote
Super User Deleted account Posted January 7, 2017 Super User Posted January 7, 2017 20 hours ago, andyfender said: Money talks and BS walks! Anything for the buck! Always been, always will be. Why ya'll surprised. 1 Quote
flyingmonkie Posted January 7, 2017 Posted January 7, 2017 18 hours ago, Scott F said: You do realize that without sponsors, there are no fishing shows on TV, actually almost no TV at all, no BASS tournaments, no Bass Resource! and no NASCAR, There wouldn't be newspapers, magazines and very little internet. There sure are a lot of "whores" around aren't there. God bless 'em! Seriously though... 30 minutes on this forum is all it takes to see that not only are we all whores, but most of us do it for free. 3 Quote
Lyman X Posted January 7, 2017 Posted January 7, 2017 Bill Dance was sponsored by Stren before Hi Seas came on the market. Everyone needs sponsors, but some guys lay it on a little thick. When a guy stands there before God and everybody and says " I truly believe this is the finest line I've ever fished" and this is the (pick a#) different line brand he's said it about it gets a little old. Quote
Super User the reel ess Posted January 8, 2017 Super User Posted January 8, 2017 When I was a kid, BD hawked Stren and I thought he spoke the Gospel, so I used it for 20 or so years and it was premium stuff for a long time. I also asked my parents for a Daiwa Magforce reel for Christmas because he used it on his show. I just retired that reel after 30 years of pretty regular use. Maybe Stren has improved their quality, but it won't give me the bang for the buck that Big Game does even is it's the best mono on the market. I have no issue with anything he endorses. He has to produce a show after all. Did you all notice he had his fish finder unit blurred out for a season? I guess maybe shows were in the can, so to speak, before he changed sponsors. Or could be that he just liked the old one better. He hawks Quantum and I don't care. My last two reels are Lew's. 1 Quote
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