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Should retailers be more focused on certain brands or certain price points.  Does it do you any good for a retailer to carry an unlimited supply of $500 rods if you only have $150 to spend? 

 

I get why the polls are going on but to me it makes no sense at all.  Of course all the brands will be up there.  What the retailers really need to know is how much are you willing to spend on your next big purchase?  What is you limit for a Rod? Reel? HardBait?  If they knew this they could have alot more options. 

 

What is better a store with 6 different models of Daiwas or the store that has 6 different brands at the price you want to spend?  I think if these stores would do more of this kind of Polling they would be better suited to fill alot more guys' needs.

 

I think It would be awesome to walk into a shop and tell someone that you want to spend $100 on a baitcasting rod and $100 on a baitcasting reel, and they come back with 6 different brands for you to test and try, this is a popular price point and I think that stores should carry more good stuff at this point.  A good store should have atleast 6 good choices at this price point, to name a few rods manufacturers, St. Croix, Abu Garcia, Wright & Mcgill, Element 21 all have great $100 rods.

 

These are the kinds of examples we need, not 200 different rods from 1 good company but 10 different rods from 20 good companies in the price points we are willing to spend our hard earned money on. 

 

This is why I think that the polls that are up right now, form a retailers perspective, draw them no good conclusion. They (retailers) say 'we already got those brands we're good and that is it.'  I say no find out what price points customers are willing to spend on rods and reels, then stock the crap out of that particular price point item from as many different manufactures that you can.  Give fishermen options and they will buyt!

 

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Waisting your time Ron. T-Bon** and Craig were born in the same nest.

Ronald Hobbs, Jr. said:

Why would you say something like that?

 

I pretty much was making a joke of the 3 posts of different polls that were going down I made like 10 polls in a row and then an 11th one all of them got erased but the 11th one.  I did not see the purpose in the polls they was no explanation why we could have only one pick and if we had more than one it would not count......count....count for what, what was this poll going to be used for, or by who?  The poll was not explained.

 

As far being my website....that would be awesome, maybe I would have some extra money for buying some Dobyns Championship rods.

I don't how you can even see it as a tantrum either? Personal opinions were allowed last time I checked and I am prepared to take the critisism for them, but for you to call it a tantrum, I think it is more worthy of a different title.

As far as I know you are another fictational character on here just to give people crap, it seems as if you know a little too much to be new to the scene.


This all started over a tantrum Ron had because he was tired of seeing polls on his, I mean Jordan's, website?

 

T-Bone

 

 

Craigs reply should be good. But honestly I think he is hiding in the dark tunnel of foolishness after trying to educate us on the "spawning" thread, which he deleted shortly after posting.

Oh, the benefits we have, from our very own Craig!
Josh Potter said:

Craig,

 

       How much would you say you have spent on rods? You claim to have made every penny back by winning with them. I just need that number so I can do some simple math.

No pun intended.

Ronald Hobbs, Jr. said:
DUH sorry buddy!

Buddy said:
You may have to re-read it, Ron. Nixon was the first I named.

Ronald Hobbs, Jr. said:
forgot another Larry Nixon uses the ABU's

Buddy said:

Nixon, Iaconelli, Palinuik, Chapman and Skeet are just a few who fish with rods under the $100 mark. But then again they are all unsuccessful anglers, my bad.

Craig, you are awesome!

Don Hogue said:

Craig,

You say using a high-end rod makes you a better fisherman, I say it doesn't.  Do I like certain aspects of "high-end" rods?  Sure.  They are better built, better components, better warranty, lighter, etc.  I have lots of high-end rods.  I can't look anyone in the eye and tell them spending more for a rod will make them better.  In fact, I just got rid of some $230 rods in favor of some $100 rods.

 

Put yourself in the guy's shoes who is using a $30 rod.  Someone comes on here and starts telling you to go ahead and use your cheap rod - 'cause the guys with the high end rods will catch most of the fish.  I'm just gonna go ahead and call b.s. on that.  If you really want to help, answer the guy's question about staging fish.  Don't give people the impression that to be a real stick you need to fish with expensive ones.

 

Somebody should let Palaniuk know that his $99 Veritas rods aren't gonna cut it.  For $50 more, he could step up to VanDam's rod for $149 - still not a high end rod.  I wonder if those guys know they could be doing so much better with $200-$500 dollar rods.

 

Craig Taylor said:

Call it whatever you want man, I dont care. And hell yea I know what I am saying. Even at the age of 25 I have the time on the water, tournament experiance and bass IQ to stand by it. I say what I beleave in with out hiding my pride or face. More than what some do on WAFISH. Don't like it? Fine, you dont need to. At least my reply is in the name of trying to help someone get more fish in the boat. Yours is just in the name of being a smug jerk. As a guy who obviously knows how to use the INTERNET as you yell it and also a former representive of WA on bass fishings biggest stage I find it puzzling why you would want to go out of your way to come off like that. OK, maybe it was a loose medaphor about being able to count grass blades, I think you thought a little too deep in to that one turbo.

 

By no means do I think a low MSRP cant put fish in the boat, but good luck out fishing someone on a every day bases who is using a Dobyns Championship or NRX/GLX level rod. 
Don Hogue said:

Serious????


Someones's been drinking the kool-aide...

You do realize this thing is hooked up to the INTERNET and lots of other people can read this?
Craig Taylor said:


 

Good is the enemy of great...  That is how I treat my rod selection. With a rod under $100 have you ever been able to tell the diff between sand and clay at 30-40 feet? Tell the diff between kinds of grasses? Ever been able to count blades of grass with a jig? Been able to tell the diff between pebbles and golf ball sized rock at 30-40 feet?... You can with a high end rod. It's all about the sensitivity a elite rod brings to the table. 

 

Craig has paid for all his "expensive" rods with tournament earnings, right? So, I'm assuming he only has a few rods?

Pat said:

take a little advice from someone a lot older, and probably smarter - shhhhhhh

 

 

CRAIG TAYLOR

Home: Olympia, WA


Bass Tournament Statistics

Career earnings: $ 2,460
Weight of largest day's catch: 18 lbs, 8 oz, (2008, EverStart Series, Western , California Delta, CA)
Number of events fished: 10 since 2007



 

Tour Highlights


EverStart Series - Western Division

Year Ranking Points Tournaments Fished Bass Caught Days 1&2 Weight Total Weight Earnings Status
Career - - 8 88 141 lbs, 5 oz 204 lbs, 10 oz $ 1,710 -
2008 10 612 4 47 77 lbs, 8 oz 106 lbs, 13 oz $ 1,398 Co-Angler
2007 35 503 4 41 63 lbs, 13 oz 97 lbs, 13 oz $ 312 Co-Angler

EverStart Series - Championship Division

Year Ranking Points Tournaments Fished Bass Caught Days 1&2 Weight Total Weight Earnings Status
Career - - 2 6 11 lbs, 3 oz 11 lbs, 3 oz $ 750 -
2008 - 0 1 4 9 lbs, 1 oz 9 lbs, 1 oz $ 750 Co-Angler
2007 - 77 1 2 2 lbs, 2 oz 2 lbs, 2 oz $ 0 Co-Angler

Craig- your post must of got deleted, darn it looks like you called me an A-hole, thanks for proving my point. 

 

Tantrum throwing, are you kidding me? That is too funny! 

Dock Talk about me now that is even funnier!

Look Down on People who don't fish my way is the funniest!

Makin' the sponsors proud!  That has to be the funniest........... I bet my sponsors were probably thinking the same thing I was about you, but whatever.

 

I hope you can come up to me one day and introduce yourself, you obviously know who I am but I don't know if I have ever met you.

 

I like to hear all these rumors about me, they are awesome, but If you have never actually met me face to face you should probably close your mouth about myself being an A-hole. 

You forget I am not a star of anykind, I am just another hard working guy with a family, I work over 40 hours a week, just like anybody else, I bust my ass just to make my house payment every month. So treat me like it and I will treat you like any other man that calls me an AHole. 

 

 

Touche

Cris said:
Looks like Ron and Craig have similarities. Panties worn on the outside.



Buddy said:

I think your looking at it all wrong, Craig. We all know that you are an "OK" fisherman and one day (not anytime in the near future) you'll be as good as Ron. Keep trying man, you'll get there one day. You should try to start your own TV show.

Oh yeah, we don't sware of this site either.

Craig Taylor said:

Great point.

 

 It's nice to know that Washington States best bass fishermen who is kinda the face of Washington bass fishing these days is a tantrum throwing (on multiple occasions) asshole who looks down on people who don't fish his way.... makin' the sponsors proud I see. I thought it was just dock-talk about you Hobbs but you prove it yourself.

 

I will say I at lease respect that Ron and Don show their name and faces. 

T-bone said:

The seminar starts soon! Buddy, why don't we see how many $99 rods Ron or Marc have in their presentations...

 

 

T-Bone

Ron, In the short time I have been here I can already tell you are the kinda guy that stirs the pot and sits back to watch; while your soldiers attack any intruders. It looks like you have a pretty nice little nest here....

 

So, without attacks from your army of quick witted knuckle draggers, what was your intention of posting all those polls that were pulled down? Did you really care? Or were you having a tantrum?

 

T-Bone

I think he was making a sarcastic joke, those that saw all the posts one after the other got it, it was pretty funny.  When they all got taken down with just one remaining the joke was lost and this is what we're left with.

T-bone said:

Ron, In the short time I have been here I can already tell you are the kinda guy that stirs the pot and sits back to watch; while your soldiers attack any intruders. It looks like you have a pretty nice little nest here....

 

So, without attacks from your army of quick witted knuckle draggers, what was your intention of posting all those polls that were pulled down? Did you really care? Or were you having a tantrum?

 

T-Bone

Which is exactly what he wanted... well played sir.

Mr. Bag, I mean Bone. Your better off being one of the white blood cells, not the cancer.

Maybe you and "Brother Craig" need to go night-night together.

T-bone said:

Ron, In the short time I have been here I can already tell you are the kinda guy that stirs the pot and sits back to watch; while your soldiers attack any intruders. It looks like you have a pretty nice little nest here....

 

So, without attacks from your army of quick witted knuckle draggers, what was your intention of posting all those polls that were pulled down? Did you really care? Or were you having a tantrum?

 

T-Bone

I think Alabama misses you, Mr. Bag.

T-bone said:

Which is exactly what he wanted... well played sir.

How original buddy. Attack the obvious similarity in the name. You really are an evil villan. If thats the best cancer you got.......................wait...............almost cured..........yep feeling better............i'm over it. That was close!

I was complimenting mr. hobbs on his brilliant performance of "cherry bombing". I am glad you came up for air long enough to defend your boy. Now get back to work.

T-Bag (see I can make my name funny too)

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