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Reality versus sales hype
Posted by:
Phil Ewanicki
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Date: July 26, 2021 05:37PM
Rods don't have any "Power". They have resistance to bending. Rods do not "ADD POWER" to casts - they PULL, not push, your line. Your rod does NOT push the line forward after you release it. Check and see. Is your rod bent backward or forward when you release a cast? If you rod is still bent backward when you release a cast how in blazes can it push your line forward? Advertisers have convinced some consumers that expensive rods cast farther and more accurately than cheaper rods - claims without references, photos, logic, or a shred of evidence. But this nonsense makes some people lots of $ - Re: Reality versus sales hype
Posted by:
Phil Erickson
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Date: July 26, 2021 05:41PM
From what I have seen and read here, NO ONE claims a rod pushes the line! Good for the people making "lots of $ !!! Re: Reality versus sales hype
Posted by:
Phil Ewanicki
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Date: July 26, 2021 06:04PM
Phil: Take a look at past entries and ads that praise the "power" a rod has. We both know that a rod has no more power than what we put into it. No force is created in a cast over and above the force the caster supplies. This force becomes speed. The faster the line is pulled the longer the cast. Ask anybody who double-hauls a fly line cast. Re: Reality versus sales hype
Posted by:
Robert A. Guist
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Date: July 26, 2021 06:35PM
Hello Phil's.
Phil Ew. look at the glossary. Power Generally used to describe a rod or blank's stiffness or resistance to bending. Tight Wraps & Tighter Lines. Re: Reality versus sales hype
Posted by:
Michael Danek
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Date: July 26, 2021 07:01PM
Here we go again. Re: Reality versus sales hype
Posted by:
Lynn Behler
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Date: July 26, 2021 07:12PM
Where we goin' this time? Re: Reality versus sales hype
Posted by:
Donald La Mar
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Date: July 26, 2021 08:12PM
Golly, Phil. The marketing types have to make a buck to eat too. Re: Reality versus sales hype
Posted by:
roger wilson
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Date: July 26, 2021 10:15PM
Careful Phil.
We don't want to venture into the world of politics where every other word spoken by many many folks in the industry speaks with no part of the speech grounded in truth or fact. So words are use by marketing types to sell products. But, generally speaking the words do convey a difference between rods. So, if you wear a word filter over your ears - and use your own hands and eyes to check and validate the product you will be money ahead and end up with a rod that satisfies your ever desire. ------------- I just look at the word issue a bit differently. You have rods a, b, and c. If rod b puts more fish in the boat using a particular method of fishing - rod b is a better rod for that particular use - no matter what words might say about the blank. Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/26/2021 10:17PM by roger wilson. Re: Reality versus sales hype
Posted by:
John DeMartini
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Date: July 26, 2021 10:23PM
HOLY COW! Don't you guys ever go fishing. Phil EW keeps dropping the crumbs and you guys keep picking them up. This subject has been beaten to death.
Phil EW you are a master at pushing buttons. I Applaud you. Have fun Re: Reality versus sales hype
Posted by:
Ron Weber
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Date: July 26, 2021 11:24PM
It sure must be terrible to be bored Re: Reality versus sales hype
Posted by:
Aaron Petersen
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Date: July 27, 2021 07:57AM
"Why are you here soldier!?!"
"Because I'm bored. sir!" "Don't you ever forget that." Re: Reality versus sales hype
Posted by:
Mark Talmo
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Date: July 27, 2021 02:41PM
I just got back from fishing; I think I’ll go back out!!! Mark Talmo FISHING IS NOT AN ESCAPE FROM LIFE BUT RATHER A DEEPER IMMERSION INTO IT!!! BUILDING YOUR OWN SIMPLY ENHANCES THE EXPERIENCE. Re: Reality versus sales hype
Posted by:
Phil Ewanicki
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Date: July 28, 2021 01:14PM
Marc: Bravo! It's too blessed hot in Florida now for me to enjoy fishing during the day. My apologies, but I worry about a society that can be easily convinced that money can buy performance or excellence in fish poles or public servants. Re: Reality versus sales hype
Posted by:
Phil Erickson
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Date: July 28, 2021 09:42PM
There are bigger things to worry about than the performance of fishing rods and the hype from some marketers. Pretty evident that many public servants can be bought, some pretty cheaply! Re: Reality versus sales hype
Posted by:
Robert Ford
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Date: August 05, 2021 06:21PM
I stick to rods that are "soulful". I'll see myself out now. Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum.
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