Man this is almost as bad as hook post. Let me say this as a former Sportco employee and a fishing rep. The Owner of Sportco is a very good and Fair Guy, always willing to help anyone out. The managers there that work the Floor in the fishing area, Mike and Joe Q are very good fair people as well, they are willing to go well out of there way to make the customer happy. You have to understand one thing about sportco and that it gets just a krazy amount of traffic so of course they are going to be out of certain items at peak times. But we were not out of Vibraxes at all the summer and Fall because Me and Bill H bought plenty of them for our personal use.
Another thing is that all the formentioned stores are good, just some a little different than others depending on there location or clientel. Teds, 3 rivers, Gregs, OE are great stores and do a fair business to try and keep all of us fishing premadonna's happy, which to say the least is impossible.
Peace
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