Reel
I enjoy high quality blanks and feel their sensitivity is very important to someones fishing sucess. I also realize there are lots of factors that help someone catch fish... one being a rods sensitivity. My way of cutting costs on the fishing rods is to make them myself. I can get my parts for around 50-60 bucks and have a rod that is more sensitive than many rods in the prebuilt gloomis line. In fact I even started a business selling the rod kits since I felt there was a need for high quality low price products. I charge cost plus ten for the blank. For compents I package them at cost and add ten bucks. I do that just to cover my costs of running around and time spent ordering the stuff. At the prices I offer them at they beat most every company on the market by a wide margin. So far I have only sold them to my friends and family.
I guess people don't trust me online...yet. Or don't like prepaying. I could always change my name and raise the prices and they will sell like hot cakes..



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Marty
www.steelheader.net
marty@steelheader.net