Mike+P

Well, I'm not the most objective person when it comes to stripersurf and its proprietor, so you can take this with a grain of salt if you wish, but there is no way on this earth I would ever do business with the guy. Without naming names, #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^& and I have a mutual friend who was screwed by the guy, and from what I gather, he wasn't the first and won't be the last. As many know, last September, myself, John M, Tim S, Dave C and Phil L were tossed for taking issue with the proprietor editing threads that mentioned favorably products he didn't sell. In my case, I was tossed for commenting on this issue on another message board, not for anything I said on stripersurf--and I'm still waiting for the explanation of why I was tossed. Then, there was the case of the Famous Fishing Writer who without any rational or factual basis insinuated, before he ostensibly "retired" for the fishing season, that the staff of another webste was engaged in an organized conspiracy to "get" and discredit him, along with a bunch of guys from "Eastern Mass" who were jealous of his fame and success.

I've been doing business with the Thomas family of capecodtackle.com for the better part of 20 years, first at Cape Cod Charlie's, then at M&D's and now via the website. Mike and his dad Bill are good, honorable people who I trust without question. Mike was victimized by an unscrupulous rod blank distributor who foisted off some "no name" blanks as genuine Sabre ones, and Mike replaced the rod for me on a genuine Sabre blank, no questions asked. He stands behind his work, and does a great wrap at a more than reasonable price. I know that he has eaten the re-wrap on several rods that broke, whereas a lot of custom builders will only honor the factory warranty which calls for replacing only the blank, and they charge you for the re-wrap.