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Got a good chuckle out of this thread. At first, people were saying the reels were junk because they're made overseas. Until they discovered virtually ALL reels are made overseas. Then they tried to claim the quality MUST be bad because (insert whatever reason here). Until the report above came out. Now it's, "Well...um...it....ah....OH! I know! The frame is made of GRAPHITE! Ya...ya, THAT's the ticket." c'mon man! Really? REALLY? That said, I get some folks really love (insert brand name) reels, so anything different could be perceived as a threat. Hence the attempts at discrediting SEVIIN. But SEVIIN is backed by St. Croix, and they don't play around. They're known for quality and great customer service, and you can bet SEVIIN is built from the same mold. Don't like them? That's fine. You don't have to. Nobody is forcing you to change brands. Fishing is supposed to be fun. So go out and enjoy it with whatever gear you choose!

This is the "cover story" referenced in this thread: https://www.bassresource.com/fish_biology/lessons-learned.html

Now that we're looking ahead at a long, cold winter, I thought it'd be a good time to bring this back into the fold. Enjoy!

PARK FALLS, Wis. (November 2, 2023) – SEVIIN Reels aspires to deliver anglers with the most reliable and dependable reels available. We operate on a “Trust but Verify” basis with all our suppliers and partners. That means, in addition to the required performance testing data provided by our partners, we perform our own in-depth, torturous testing on every production run of reels to assure we are providing anglers with the most durable and reliable performance – hallmarks of the SEVIIN brand. To this end, the SEVIIN Team has designed and built its very own testing laboratory inside the St. Croix Factory in Park Falls, Wisconsin. Here, purpose-engineered, custom testing equipment of our own design continuously performs 12 distinct tests on our GF Series baitcasting reels. Specific individual tests include 1) temperature, 2) humidity/salt spray, 3) chemical resistance, 4) ultraviolet exposure, 5) dunk, 6) trip lifecycle, 7) gear endurance, 😎 drop, 9) line guide retention, 10) pinion engagement, 11) gear strength, and 12) drag performance. SEVIIN GF Testing Spotlight – The Trip Lifecycle Test The Trip Lifecycle Test consists of putting GF Series low-profile baitcasting reels through 200,000 cycles on a custom-engineered and precision-constructed instrument within our testing laboratory. A cycle consists of depressing and then releasing the thumb bar, then re-engaging the spool with a partial turn of the handle. Reels shall remain fully functional after Trip Lifecycle testing. The Trip Lifecycle Test is just one of the rigorous testing protocols our GF reels must pass before making their way into anglers’ hands. Learn more at seviinreels.com.

Now, despite booming bass fisheries in recent decades, this myth refuses to die. Anglers and managers opposed to tournaments for one reason or another propagate the idea that excessive mortality hurts fishing quality. Now in defense of competition, one only needs to check the weights caught at waters fished constantly by tournaments by competitors for decades and see what those lakes are like. For example, Grand Lake in Oklahoma, Kentucky Lake, Lake Seminole, Lake Minnetonka, Sam Rayburn, Fork to name a few, I mean these catches on these lakes typically are as good as they are today as they've been in the past if not even better. And those lakes get hammered by tournaments. Rayburn hosts some 300 tournaments a year, for example, and has done so for decades. More than half of the anglers that live around there participate in tournaments. But it's funny, a recent tagging study they did, they found that tournament mortality contributed from 1% to 16% of total annual mortality or the large amount of population while non-tournament catch and release fishing was 2% to 17% of the total. And angler harvest actually keeping the fish that comprise 16% to 38% of bass mortality, obviously because they're keeping the fish. What I'm saying here is in this study, it was the tournament angling that had the least effect on the population of bass. So fishing pressure, no doubt makes bass harder to catch but blame cannot be placed solely on tournaments.

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