Dear folks,

courtesy of Tom Kirkman, I am entitled to invite you to read an exhaustive interview with Bill Batson, CEO of Batson Enterprises:

[www.jerkbait.pl]

Please accept this invitation as a Holiday and New Year's "gift" from jerkbait.pl community to all of you gathered at this noble board. Hopefully, you will find the interview interesting.

I wish you, Tom Kirkman and The RodMaker magazine all the best in the coming year.

Best regards,
Pavel



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/31/2007 06:57AM by Pawel Tymendorf.

One additional question is of interest to me. I build few rods (fly rods), but have found that having a CCS ERN rating for each blank before assembly helps me understand the power of the specific rod blank I'm working with. Knowing the ERN for the blank gives me information that I can translate into a line weight that I feel will match the blank under my fishing conditions.

Does Batson Enterprises plan to provide an ERN and AA for each blank they ship?

Jeff Shafer

You'd have to ask Bill about that. I do know that Dr. Hanneman has been in touch with them but can't say what they ended up deciding. Both will be in North Carolina at the ICRBE in February and that might not be a bad time to measure a bunch of these blanks since Batson Enterprises normally brings a ton of samples with them. We have a CCS board set up so we'd be talking less than a minute per blank to take the measurements.

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Lets don't descriminate - lets do all the blanks at the Show. Dr. Bill could be one busy Dude! 18,000 blanks - one minute per blank - current ICREB length @ 16 hrs - TK would need to extend the Show length by approximately 30 days to get them all done - I am game lets go for it! }>

Gon Fishn

Excellent interview
30 days of learning I could go for that.

That is a very good article. I had the pleasure of meeting Bill this year and have had him quickly replie to a question by email. Great person, Great company.

Pavel,
Thank you very much for the opportunity to share a little about the Batson Enterprises TEAM. Our presence in Poland is increasing daily due to the hard work of our distributor there . Mr Ireneusz Matuszewski - Fishing Center - Poland. Which we owe a great THANKS to for giving us the opportunity to Share our Vision with. Our presense in increasing all over the World due to many of you throughout this Great Industry/Art.
I know my father is PROUD of what he had started and the fact that WE the Batson TEAM beleive that we can make a difference to all who call this Industry/ART a lifestyle. I know I would not be the man I am today without the opportunity to be part of this GREAT Craft..
Jeff,
If you have the opportunity to attend the BIG SHOW in NC we would be more than happy to help you with your CCS ERN ratings. We plan on bringing a very large selection of blanks as we have for the past 4 years.
Bill,
We are in this for the long run, 30 days is like a minute for us>> Count the Batson team IN>>
Steve,
Thank you for your support on keeping the Vision Alive>> I look forward to seeing you in NC>>
Scott,
Thank you for the kind words<<

EVERYONE who supports what we do here all benefit from it. I wish I could personally thank everyone that helps keep the Vision Alive. My Family and the TEAM here at Batson Enterprises look forward to generations of servicing the Industry/Art of Rodbuilding and the Fishing Experince..
Please feel free to contact us anytime.

Bill Batson
CEO
Batson Enterprises
Rainshadow/Forecast/ALPS product lines
877-875-2381
www.batsonenterprises.com
batson@batsonenterprises.com

good interview. i was wondering where that phantom rod i have at home came from.

BIC doug blacklock