[alantani]

this is mr. hightower from newell. we spoke briefly about greased carbon fiber drag washers. he will still not come over to the darkside!





the izorline guys had their knot testing machine out. my 6 turn uni knot did not perform very well the last time i tested it on their machine, so i kept moving.....



my favorite rods!



my friend frank on the right, still getting the daiwa booth set up.



i didn't get a chance to talk to these guys, but i've heard lots of good things about ken's!





eye candy! couldn't pass up this shot!









my good friend steve from penn! we missed him at the fred hall show in san francisco.









shimano's new "a" series tiagras!



this lady makes the most beautiful tackle boxes i've ever seen. my wife would probably be willing to use one as a jewelry box!



avet!!!!!!!!



and bloodydecks.com!



this is dean takahashi. he's the guy that is importing this new thinner japanese braid. i'm going to get all of my new accurates strung with his hollow core spectra. no more bimini's and albright's. everything is going to be spliced from now on. i was amazed at how busy his booth was for the entire day.



jonah from hi's tackle. nice to see a familiar face!







did i mention that i was thing about a new boat? hmmmm, 33 might work......