What’s new from 13 fishing?

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What’s new from 13 fishing?

Post by MaxZmus » Sat Mar 21, 2020 11:18 pm

Been seeing a lot of clearance on the current Concept A-Zs. Does anyone have the scoop on what’s new?
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Re: What’s new from 13 fishing?

Post by tmd11111 » Mon Mar 23, 2020 3:21 pm

Was wondering the same thing myself. Seems like a bunch of online retailers have been blowing out the A's and Z's for around $100 all at the same time.

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Re: What’s new from 13 fishing?

Post by johnD » Tue Mar 24, 2020 7:14 am

Could be cutting back , could be getting ready for icast. I don't know anything about their financial well being.

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Re: What’s new from 13 fishing?

Post by LowRange » Tue Mar 24, 2020 3:49 pm

I'm sure they will have some new brightly colored thing for sale soon enough.

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Re: What’s new from 13 fishing?

Post by mark poulson » Tue Mar 24, 2020 4:54 pm

LowRange wrote:
Tue Mar 24, 2020 3:49 pm
I'm sure they will have some new brightly colored thing for sale soon enough.
Does color really matter?
Once I pick up a Concept Z and throw my frog, I don't even think about what color it is, and I like how easy it is to figure out which rod has the frog.

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Re: What’s new from 13 fishing?

Post by LowRange » Tue Mar 24, 2020 5:45 pm

mark poulson wrote:
Tue Mar 24, 2020 4:54 pm
LowRange wrote:
Tue Mar 24, 2020 3:49 pm
I'm sure they will have some new brightly colored thing for sale soon enough.
Does color really matter?
Once I pick up a Concept Z and throw my frog, I don't even think about what color it is, and I like how easy it is to figure out which rod has the frog.
Brightly colored reels has sort of been their thing as of late.

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Re: What’s new from 13 fishing?

Post by MaxZmus » Wed Mar 25, 2020 7:04 am

The Concept platform hasn’t changed since 13 entered the market. I’m really curious to see what they’re cooking up to replace it. I put off buying a Concept for the longest time but when the Zs went 50% off I picked up two and was pleasantly surprised at how compact and comfortable they are to fish with. Maybe Matt Baldwin can chime in and give us folk here at Tackle Tour a sneak peak.
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