Will Shimano Ever Sell Acid Wrapped Rods

Shim_Dai_Ano_Wa · Post by **Shim_Dai_Ano_Wa** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 9:12 am

I'm curious as to whether Shimano will ever have plans to sell acid wrapped rods.

Post by **Cal** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 9:16 am

From the forum rules sticky above:

Bantam1 wrote:6) Loose lips sink ships. I will not tell you about upcoming products until it is time to do so. My boat doesn't leak and I will not leak any info that I am not supposed to no matter how hard you beg or pry. I do accept bribes in blonde, brunette...

i.e. Bantam1 nor anyone else from Shimano will not discuss future plans.

REW · Post by **REW** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 8:06 pm

Cal wrote:nor anyone else from Shimano will not discuss future plans.

Hey: that is a double-negative, sir. You are going to confuse the poor guy!

Sorry, I had to do it. Your wording reminded me of a favorite skit on an old TV show.

Having said that, please don't punish me too severely.

Shim_Dai_Ano_Wa · Post by **Shim_Dai_Ano_Wa** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 10:11 am

Having acid wrapped rods will be a great benifit to shimano because there is a population of people that will be interested in those types of rods and no other manufacture makes them.

There will virtually no competition....
A win win situation for any mft who builds the rods 1st.

Preferably a rod for salmon stealhead rod, simular to their clarus. in a 10' range.

zenbassr · Post by **zenbassr** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 10:46 am

FishingOC wrote:I'm curious as to whether Shimano will ever have plans to sell acid wrapped rods.

they already do in japan & australia... search around for their "ocea blue rose" jigging rods

Shim_Dai_Ano_Wa · Post by **Shim_Dai_Ano_Wa** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 8:17 am

these are not acid wrapped rods...
http://www.sportsfish.com.au/pages/libr ... -rose.html

hobobob · Post by **hobobob** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 7:08 pm

I think he mean this one:

spiral rod

spiral rod is like left-handed reel, radical concept. Just poor sales results

svslider · Post by **svslider** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 10:23 pm

How many licks till it wears out?

ShoreBound · Post by **ShoreBound** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 5:42 am

There's a fishing show host there (down under) named Bushy and I've seen him use spiral-wrapped rods. It seems his spiral-wrapped rods have lower power than his partner's although they are catching the same kind of fish. Don't know if his rods are Shimanos but their reels appear to be.

Fbass · Post by **Fbass** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 8:01 am

Could someone explain to me what's the difference between spiral wrapped rod (I know what that is) and acid wrapped rod???

ShoreBound · Post by **ShoreBound** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 5:27 am

Same-same, I think. From the story I once found on the internet

, the first time a spiral-wrap rod was made, other people jokingly said that they guy who did it must have been on acid (some kind of drug, i guess) hence the name.

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