I felt I needed to report on my "first" trip to Sportco and not necessarily on reels since I think I have one of everything already.

On my last trip to Westport this year I pulled off I-5 and drove into Sportco in Fife. We were on a mission to grab a couple of Scotty releases for the downriggers. The Scotty display on the wall was empty where the releases I wanted were supposed to be. We asked a "clerk" and he was busy BSing and not really interested in helping us find anything..no wonder since there was far more merchandise strewn all over the floor than on the shelves. You would need to crawl on your hands and knees to find what you need in that place. Unbelieveable mess! We almost gave up but I decided to look around. At the end of the aisle where the Scotty prodcucts were supposed to be organized for sale I found a full pallet of unopened Scotty boxes. In the pile I found several cases of the release I wanted. I just tore open the box and grabbed a couple of bubble packs. Merchandising was non existent in that extremely cluttered store. I am estimating it would take a small army of "clerks" to put all that stuff on the shelves. Since I have had my own retail stores in the past and was also a store manager as well I would have kicked some serious butt around there until the place was merchandised properly. That is just simple common sesnse in business. I suspect the store is staffed with wannabe fishing experts who know very little about selling. Too bad because they really did have a great selection..problem is it is all in disarray on the dang floor. N O way would I drive out of my way to shop there.