Slab likes the VMC but uses the TDR rods too....He did win the Sekiu derby this year though....So he isn't totally stupid.

I like the Gamakatsu hooks and change them enough they don't rust for me. Once they're dull though forget sharpening.....I bought some VMC hooks that I think were 6/0 and I used them for tying up hootchies....got my biggest Chinook ever on those hooks and they didn't break of bend.

Seems like this BB tends to support the "flash" products as part of the "uniform" more than practical perfectly good products that cost much less. Nothing unusual there though. We all suck in for flash....except Slab , of course, but then he isn't too smart normally. all right then.