What I'm about to say may be a terminal offense and get me banned from this Board for eternity, but the question is a fair one and an obvious one. And, by the way, I have no affliation with either Orvis or Winston.

LF: Would your critique of these rods have been so strident (strangely so, I might add) if Orvis and Winston were sponsors here?

[This message has been edited by bimini twist (edited 23 September 2005).]