Think what you want, rolled my boat once and some nitwit "helped" my stuff into the water.

You twice contested my comment that Loomis rods float going so far as to call Loomis (kinda weird if you ask me) and in essence calling me a fibber. Can't let that stand so we go your way and try to politely take the gloves off (or shall we say the light sabers on  ;) ).

I had tried to steer the conversation towards a bit of humor if you remember correctly.

In any event yes I do have more high end fishing stuff than a man of my meager means should have but the point being, and as I have already attempted to make, that it is more fun IMO to fish with quality gear.

And I will repeat my previous stance that IMO the best value for an exceptional quality rod at a good price is St. Croix and not Loomis.

But I agree........I would prefer not to use my light saber to have to deflect cheap shots. Hopefully the stories provided were at least mildly interesting as the biggest miscue is to be boring (which I do try and avoid).

Hopefully the dustup is over and we can go back to talking about what you refer to as "catfish rods". One thing is certain, the catfish rods are all but indestructible which reminds me of another story........did I ever tell you about the time my canoe partner broke BOTH his rods in the little beaver pond leading to Jeff? Well it happened this way............. ::) ::) ::)