Great read! Thanks for the non-bias assessment.

Yikes, to take my son down there for a COUPLE days on the water, I could buy him a pretty decent bass boat!

This is great news - should be a lot of work - thanks for taking the plunge! Buying line these days is perhaps the most difficult task in fishing. I know what I like in rods and reels as well as lures, but line choices are endless nowadays and the prices make wrong decisions costly. :doh: I am super...

From the pics of the wiebe handle, it looks as if they left the reel foot nut the same.(It was a real paint scraper. )
Wish they could incorporate a cushioned hood style with the rest staying within the classic wiebe style.

The man definitely has his own 'X' factor which will always keep the mystique alive, yet he also has
an overwhelming sense of 'calm' as if he knows what he's here to do. Impressive interview - one of
the best for sure.

Fantastic article - the Amazon has to be every true blood's deepest fantasy to fish. But the timing of these articles when my lakes and rivers are freezing over is pure torture. :lol: Can't wait for the next installment! Cal, try and quantify the feeling of having a 20+ pounder on, can you relate it...