Dave, you answered your own question about how they could endorse it when you mentioned the Mag..Fly Rod and Reel. Did you catch the issue about a year ago when the author said a small bluefish chomped down on a 1/0 stainless steel hook and cut it cleanly in two?1#@&*%??? You would think an editor would call the author and ask him if he had been self medicating...Instead, they chose to highlight that B.S. quote in italics next to a picture. Total loss of credibility. That was finis for me and that mag (glad I picked it up for nothing at the Bear's Den magazine swap..cause that what it's worth...NOTHING...ZIP, SQUAT, BUPKIS..)It just goes to prove my old fishing buddy's philosophy.."Believe nothing of what you hear, and half of what you see..." Better luck next time on the clear intermediate... Tight Lines, Jim

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