drum roll, please......

[Bryan Young]

Alan,

Great leadership leads to Great things!

Bryan

[Dominick]

Alan,

Great leadership leads to Great things!

Bryan

       Dominick

[floating doc]

Alan,

Great leadership leads to Great things!

Bryan

Actually, and very seriously for a moment: this website reflects the vision that Alan had for it when he started. In a true test of principals and personal ethics it's still as he planned it.

Camaraderie, is a big factor, and this site provides a level of information that isn't available anywhere else.

The most significant example of Alan's vision for his site: NO ADVERTISING!

[alantani]

thanks, guys!  you know, a couple of people have asked about smoothdrag and black pearl, and no, they do not pay for their boards.  they were set up, with my gratitude, because of their significant contributions to this website.  mysticparts.com was made the same offer, but they're just too busy.  it would be cool to have okuma here, as well as representatives of accurate, avet, penn, shimano daiwa and all the other reel manufacturers.  i'm good just the way it is, though......

"Edited as per Moderators to correct Scott's Bait & Tackle over to their new store name Mystic Reel Parts / www.mysticparts.com"