They don't have the spine located on top or bottom ot any other side... like some will believe upon reading a certain review 8-) You can choose to believe the marketing hype or what I was able to tell by testing the rod. The test to locate the spine on a rod is not very difficult nor is it difficul...

you snooze you lose

http://tackletour.net/T3Forum/viewtopic.php?t=20167

T Mike wrote:Uh how many more votes before we start picketing for a swimbait forum???

first side to 100 votes wins

Thanks to Cal for finally pushing me over the edge... LOL ... kinda goes without saying with most purchases of this sort displayed on this site, doesn't it? But you're welcome ;) For those interested in this tale of GH's fall, here's a synopsis... GH, over a year maybe even two ago, posts somewhere...

GamblerHydra wrote:... and the Dengeki ?

with the Ti fibers? probably Megabass..

just kidding...

no weights in the Black Dog Baits Weedless Minnow, but the ones we saw at ICAST were, in effect, still just prototypes.

TNGAMBLER1 wrote:

Cal wrote:I though it was a great looking reel as well... until I found out they're only making it in right hand retrieve

Why would you want a reel made backwards?

I don't.. that's why I prefer the left hand retrieve reels

I though it was a great looking reel as well... until I found out they're only making it in right hand retrieve :worried: :lol: This has ruined my day. I was pumped about this reel, it looks sweet. No left hand retrieve, where do I complain? CT My first question to almost all the manufacturers who ...

Nice job Pap & Fbass, but what's up-side down with that logo on the LC visor?

mhood wrote:We used to play a little game while sitting in the Venetian's hallway adjacent to the Sands: Pick the up and coming corporate climber or the porn star. We'd have to choose from a distance and winners were determined when they got close enough to us to see their badge.

funny game

I though it was a great looking reel as well... until I found out they're only making it in right hand retrieve

Sorry Pap, I don't...

mhood wrote:He hasn't priced shipping in dry ice yet...

Oh come on now, any Enthusiast worth his salt would use liquid nitro not the old school dry ice.

Lots of discussion on this very same topic in the following thread:

T3Forum/viewtopic.php?t=19519

wantthat2 wrote:As Cal said in his original review (don't know if he's changed his mind since) he didn't really mind the shorter handle on this particular reel.

I have Conquest 201 handles on them now... much better