ICAST Awards

[Bantam1]

Well I received a phone call late last night from Jeremy Sweet. He is the reel product manager. It appears that we won 3 awards yesterday

Best New Freshwater Reel:

Stradic FI (Yes you can use it in salt water)

Best New Saltwater Reel:

Trinidad DC

Best New Tackle Management:

Bristol Bay Livewell Bag

We didn't win the rod category this time :( I think it was a conspiracy :P

[Te.jas.on]

We didn't win the rod category this time :( I think it was a conspiracy :PSeriously, if you didn't win anything with the Cumara then who did? :eek:

[Just Fishin]

OK,

So where can we start buying the new Shimano reels and other stuff?

[calixtog]

Seriously, if you didn't win anything with the Cumara then who did? :eek:Ken Whiting and E21 won both fresh and saltwater categories.

Cg

[calixtog]

[QUOTE=Bantam1]Well I received a phone call late last night from Jeremy Sweet. He is the reel product manager. It appears that we won 3 awards yesterday

Jeremy was so happy, I could have sworn he was going to pop!

Cg

[backwater]

The Cumara is a fine looking rod but the reel seat that is used is a copy of what Airrus and Castaway have been making for almost 2 years. It is still a fine rod and will do very well for Shimano. BTY, the reels are awesome also!!!

[Bantam1]

We actually borrowed the design from one of our older rod models called the Canis. If you want to talk about dates that was back in 1992... so I guess we did it first ;)

[Mike in Friendswood]

The split grip or skeleton grip has been around a ong time, but it has mostly been done by custom rod makers, and usually for freshwater applications.

I have three rods with this design that were done locally on All Star Titanium blanks. They take a little getting used to, but once you fish them a while you can really appreciate the difference.

I had no idea that Shimano marketed this design previously, butI guess it was just a little ahead of it's time and did not catch on. Cool stuff, though.

Mike