Anybody have any problems with counterfeit tackle this year? I note that in the breakaway clip thread there was a mention of some knock-offs of the breakaway clips, so I wondered if there are any other things to look out for. I guess this thread is a correlary to the '06 gear review thread.
You figure that since the Chinese are busy making knockoffs of car parts, clothing, bags, shoes, everything under the sun, actually, then fishing tackle has to be fair game. Not to say that other countries aren't busy counterfeiting all inds of things, but really, the Chinese themselves used to say "Everything in China is fake except for your mother," and now they are saying that "Everything in China is fake except for fakers."
Myself personally, I bought a 300yrd spool of 20lb fireline this year that broke right in the middle of the line far too easily on first use. It happened when I was trying to unsnag a jig, and I thought, "hmmm," then a second time and I went "hmmm hmmm" and retired the spool. Looking back on it, the fireline was actually sticking out of the box a bit when I bought it... I didn't think about it much then, but after two easy breaks in a row on new fireline...
