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Take a walk in the walleye world for a day and you'll be sick of the word Fireline after a day.

I've fished it in 2 ft effectively.

I'm with ya. I'd rather him dump a trash can in the water than drink and operate a boat. Either way...what kind of disgusting piece of trash has to drink and drive on his way to the boat ramp and then pop open another 40 while fishing? I wouldn't have even bothered fishing /w him. that crap is disgusting and he's an embarrassment to fishing.

x2. If somebody comes out and asks me politely to not fish their dock, no questions asked, I won't. I also won't fish a dock if people are hanging out on it unless they ask me to fish it for "that bigun'" that they just saw. It's so, so rare for anybody around here or further up river to come out screaming. I can count on one hand how many times its happened.

A wacky rigged senko on a DS is such a productive technique that you don't hear about much. If I'm wacky rigging, it's generally on a DS these days after figuring out how successful it can be...especially like you say, in weeds.

I don't know the rhyme or reason behind who carries what. DSG near me carries it but the DSG an hour away doesn't. The store an hour away carries LC and a large selection of rage products as well. Mine doesn't...

I haven't used the little john DD but I frequently use the shallow Fat John and little john squarebill. I've never had to tune a single one.

He isn't trolling and he is,technically, correct.

I bought 2 tubes for 3$ each at a local DSG. Felt like stealing.

Havent read through the whole TT thread but is it confirmed the zillion and tatula share the same frame size? Albiet it looks to be the same shape but id really like a smaller version tatula

Wrong post

To be fair, you did ask in a manner in which could come off as demeaning or saying to those who use anything higher than 20# test are inferior.

Okay well nothing in there was coherent enough to understand so I'll elaborate on the bold portion of my post that you quoted to which I believe you are saying that I missed my own point? " like yourself that spouts and promotes that he wants to use American-made products that are made in the United States by anAmerican company, you are doing nothing to help the company when you're sending in a 15-year-old rod " I'm not entirely sure what you don't understand about that....I mean I even laid out in, what I believed, was a very simple explanation of what this meant...I really can't make it much more simple for you to make the leap. I apologize. I guess I'll try to break that line down so you understand it. If it isn't simple enough, then I'm sorry there's not much more I can do. St. Croix is made in America St. Croix rods employs hard working Americans Bob loves America Bob loves fishing thus Bob loves St. Croix. Bob breaks fishing rod after 15 years of use. Bob could buy a new rod at retail or even a % discount during a sale to support the company he loves and supports to ensure the rod company is making money. Bob instead returns broken rod after 15 years and receives a more than generous offer of a new rod for essentially 1/3 of the cost Bob costs St. Croix money by doing this. Again, I'm by no means saying "DON'T USE THE WARRANTY BOB YOU'RE GOING TO KILL A COMPANY ON U.S SOIL #MERIKA". I'm merely stating, again..as a whole for anybody that does this, you are contributing to price increases and costing one of the few U.S based rod companies money.

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First off, I didn't say anything was "unethical" or "unjustifiable". I even opened stating that nobody says you shouldn't do it. I'll break this down very simply for you. Nobody is arguing your admirable loyalty to a company. I really don't understand the heaven reference...I mean I get it, but nobody said bob's not going to heaven because he shouldn't have warrantied a fishing rod.... Bob loves St. Croix and cannot see himself using a different rod. They make everything he wants in a rod so naturally he would want this company to thrive and be around for his grandkids. Bob buys rod in 1990 for 200$ Bob breaks rod in 2005 (this is after 15 years) Bob asks for rod to be warrantied to which St. Croix obliges to the sum or 70$ even those it was his fault. Bob then sends in a 15 year old broken rod that is promptly thrown away and receives a brand new one that has been updated X amount of times over the course of 15 years. Instead of just buying a new one and supporting a company he wants to be around for a long time, he costs to company more than the price of the rod. (your 15 year old broken rod holds 0$ valu-this figure can be attained by looking up your serial number /w the rod value system they provide via their website. you were given a free 200$ rod + the labor) Now I'm not saying what you, or anybody for that matter, did was "wrong" or "unethical". I mean you get a new rod for next to nothing...that's great. I'm simply saying as a WHOLE, when people do this, they are costing a company money after X amount of years that does play a part in price increases. Now what the set amount of years should be, I don't know. But I believe you can unarguably say that if you break a rod after 15 years of ownership, you should chalk that one up to a solid 15 years and not expect anything in return; even if they will replace it being 100% your fault and not their responsibility.

Nobody is saying that you shouldn't use the warranty if they'll let you. If after 15 years your rod breaks because you were trying to get a lure unsnagged and you send it into St. Croix and they'll give you a new rod for scraps then by all means do it. What you need to realize is that for someone like yourself that spouts and promotes that he wants to use American-made products that are made in the United States by anAmerican company, you are doing nothing to help the company when you're sending in a 15-year-old rod that you broke and getting a new one . After that long you're costing the company money.

Why did you drop down in line strength and shy away from fluorocarbon?

The claws aren't very durable, you're right. They just flat out work though. If I have a fish take a claw off I put that portion of the body aside and either melt /w a lighter or use mend-it to attach a claw from another body that is missing a claw. Saves a ton of money. repairing the body is difficult though. I can't get a repaired body to last more than one fish. Repaired claws however can last several.

Im having waffles for breakfast

Absolutely never use a leader when punching... I use the same set up except 65# PP for punching. My drag is locked. I can't recall the last time I've lost a fish due to braid breaking and I don't mess around on hook sets in grass/mats. You can't really set the hook too hard punching if you are using the right set up. Dobyns DX795 65#pp Gammy 4/0 Flippin hook Snell knot Bobberstop I will say when i switched to a mod fast tip for punching, my hook ups went way up. I am not a fan of XF for punching. The only thing I could think of is your snap setting your line /w slack on a tip that's too fast for punching. no idea. Maybe a nick in your guides causing the braid to fray? Are you using good tungsten /w smooth edges? It's just little things to check. I personally use inserts on the larger 1 oz -1.5oz just because that large is always on braid and braid just frays so easy.

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If they are a shimano dealer, then they will most likely honor the warranty and give you the new model cumara. If they don't (and you don't have any shimano dealers near you), send it in to shimano and they will send you the new Cumara given yours is discontinued.

Why a 15 year warranty isn't enough or is in question is beyond me. If after 15 years of fishing the rod breaks, that's on you. Obviously St. Croix has such amazing customer service that they are replacing it for next to nothing but show the company some respect and just buy a new one.

Mr clean magic eraser and qtips. make sure to rinse it(the blank) /w a clean wet rag when done.