what parker called the bastardized method, isn't that the minifly setup?

back to $$$ on rod costs. i'm dumbfounded why anyone would blow a wad on a bobber pole. a bobber pole needs no sensitivity, your watching a bobber for christs sakes. bobbadown and set. no feeling involved. a guy can get a berkley im7 or the new im8 for 80$ and be easily just as successfull as the guy next to him sporting a 400$ loomis.

steelheaders just love to throw "the big money" (get it?) on very simple techniques.