Daiwa and Ike?

[nofearengineer]

Originally Posted by TN_Bassin

Will Diawa take back Ike's gear, or is it his to do with what he will?

Anything that is readily available to consumers, it is safe to assume he can do whatever he wants with. If he has anything special, that is modified specially for him, he may have an agreement that he has to return it to Daiwa, depending on just how top secret the item may be. This would of course be to keep it from falling into his new sponsor's hands for reverse engineering.

Regardless, he'll certainly be prohibited by his new sponsors from being seen publicly with Daiwa's gear in his hands or boat.

[Jrob78]

I guess I should add that in my opinion, Ike was not using a Steez because it performed better for him. I would say he was using it because he got paid tens (hundreds?) of thousands of dollars to use it, because they want to sell a bunch of them to people who think they need one because it must be better because Ike uses one, and so on and so on... circular reasoning comes into effect here. It's the same with all pro endorsements.

Tiger Woods can whip anybody's butt in golf with a rusty beginner's set from K-Mart, but he gets paid the most to use Nike.

I'm sure Ike can do the same with whatever reel he uses.

This is very true. I imagine he had his choice of any Daiwa reels he wanted to use and out of those he chose the Steez, among others. It would be really interesting to find out what equipment top pros would use if they weren't payed to use brand X. I imagine that they would be like us and all have their favorites that they felt were the best. As someone, I think you nofear, said earlier, its great that we have so many choices and we can all pick whatever gear we like best. I totally agree that it is the skill of the fisherman that makes them successful, not their gear.

[MallenManson]

Originally Posted by Jrob78

This is very true. I imagine he had his choice of any Daiwa reels he wanted to use and out of those he chose the Steez, among others. It would be really interesting to find out what equipment top pros would use if they weren't payed to use brand X. I imagine that they would be like us and all have their favorites that they felt were the best. As someone, I think you nofear, said earlier, its great that we have so many choices and we can all pick whatever gear we like best. I totally agree that it is the skill of the fisherman that makes them successful, not their gear.

Yes! It always irks me when a magazine or website will post what a pro's go to lures are in different situations.
1/2 of the lures they mention have their freakin name on 'em!
A better list would be what would you throw that you're not affiliated with?

[BassinID]

Wonder what it sounded like when Ike hooked that 12+ lb fish this year (biggest fish ever hooked in BASS by the way) maybe he was just speechless.

[MallenManson]

Originally Posted by BassinID

Wonder what it sounded like when Ike hooked that 12+ lb fish this year (biggest fish ever hooked in BASS by the way) maybe he was just speechless.

Probably started screamin' in pig latin

[Jrob78]

I know that the guides on the new rod are designed by Berkley for that rod. I'm sure they designed the hardware too. Matagi hardware comes from Japan and is super expensive. You couldn't afford to put it on a $130 rod and make money.

[LuvThyMeta|]

How about some links for the sales ehh ?

[BigBassin144]

Originally Posted by LuvThyMeta|

How about some links for the sales ehh ?

Baitcasting, Spinning.

I would have seriously been interested in the 8' flipping stick had it been H and not XH power.

BB

[rodnreel]

Thanks for the links BB, forgot to add those in my post

[LuvThyMeta|]

Oh sweet, thanks for the nice links BB. Gotta take advantage of this kind of sales =]