JC,

Good article and I don't disagree, I am sure fly fishing equipment manufacturers really do try to add enhancements to their products to create the next best thing. I believe this also benefits the lower end products, because they see the "trickle down" effect of the newer innovations and such (and perhaps today's $200 Flyrod was actually the $600 flyrod of 5 [or whatever] years ago). However, I do wonder how much more tweaking they can do. I mean, if you look at cars, there were some really neat innovations over the years and prior to the new hybrid infatuation, the past 15 years, or so, there really have not been any new innovations and most things are just tweaking the shape of the car here, adding a new "standard" item that was only available as an "option" the year before, etc. Not trying to be argumentative, but it is something that I wonder about. I guess I need to do something more with my spare time.

Paul