So why didn't anybody tell me
Gambler doesn't make Florida weights anymore?I heard yesterday that there was some kind of lawsuit and Gambler doesn't
have them anymore, and the guy at Sportsman's Warehouse told me the only
place you can buy them now is bass pro. Wah! |
Bob
Dec 3
2005
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| The weights that WERE gambler weights are now marketed by only by BPS. Gambler has a different system that is a bit of a PIA, but does work
very well.
http://www.probass.com/protips/JeffBruhl/jb52.php Personally, I still prefer to toothpick my sinker to the line when I
want to peg it. |
RichZ
Dec 4
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| the design was bought by Bullet and is now available under thier name e.g.
http://www.tacklewarehouse.com/descpage-BWSIW.html "Bob La Londe" <usenet@diycomponents.com> wrote in message |
Huck
Dec 4
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| They didn't buy it, they licensed it from the inventor, just like
Gambler did. But I don't see it listed on their website or in their 2006
product catalog. http://www.bulletweights.com/Products/ |
RichZ
Dec 4
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| the "insider" information The inventor sued his original licensee because they did not meet his
minimum sales requirement of his contract (which was way too high, they
were fools to sign a contract with minimum sales requirement so high,
they were also fools to pay such a high percentage for royalties. (7
cents per weight) The inventor was making 500,000 dollars a year, and he
claimed that was not enough, he is going to end up making much less
because of all this mess. Greed has cost inventors millions.
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Rodney
Dec 4
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| .....they're hanging in BPS under the Bullet label, right next to the "new"
Gambler Florida weights with the soft core & threader
http://www.basspro.com/servlet/catalog.TextId?hvarTextId=58029&hvarDept=100&hvarEvent=&hvarClassCode=10&hvarSubCode=3&hvarTarget=browse |
Huck
Dec 4
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| For small weights and small baits I prefer a Peg-It, but basically I would
agree. For larger baits and larger weights I liked the screw in weight
because the bait and weight would often slide up the line away from the fish
leaving him little fight against except the line and the hook. JMHO. I could not find the screw in weights ont he bulelt weights website. I will
check Tackle Warehouse for the sizes I want. I noticed BPS did have a very
limited selection in plain and black. Thanks everybody.
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Bob
Dec 4
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