11-25-2005, 08:16 PM
[cool][#0000ff]The one I looked at was at a Sportsmans Warehouse in Salt Lake. In checking my store locator for SW in Idaho, I show that there is one in Ammon (near Idaho Falls). You might call and ask if they have one to look at.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Otherwise, just go to Google or Yahoo, and there are quite a few fly fishing sites that are selling the ODC 420. They have them listed at $140 plus shipping at [url "http://www.flystore.net/odc420.htm"]http://www.flystore.net/odc420.htm[/url].[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Cabelas also has them at the suggested retail price of $159.99. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Typically, the manufacturers do not offer any referral fees. Heck, they don't even seem to care that there are websites that do reviews on them. I once approached Outcast about possibly sponsoring the book I am doing, in return for more "favorable mentions". I referred them to our website, and all of the good reviews I had done on the Fat Cats and Fish Cats. I was referred to a snotnosed kid that was their area rep, and he knew absolutely nothing about nothing. He could not even answer my basic questions about some of their products. Needless to say, he viewed me as a threat to his salaried position and did nothing to forward any of the info I sent to him.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I tried the same thing with Caddis, several years ago, while they were still leading players in the float tube market. Same thing. "We have everything under control."[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I haven't approached the Creek Company yet, but I plan to. I am impressed with their aggressive stance in the tube and toon market. They have a lot of new models and are showing some initiative in functional new designs. I will go with that every time.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Otherwise, just go to Google or Yahoo, and there are quite a few fly fishing sites that are selling the ODC 420. They have them listed at $140 plus shipping at [url "http://www.flystore.net/odc420.htm"]http://www.flystore.net/odc420.htm[/url].[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Cabelas also has them at the suggested retail price of $159.99. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Typically, the manufacturers do not offer any referral fees. Heck, they don't even seem to care that there are websites that do reviews on them. I once approached Outcast about possibly sponsoring the book I am doing, in return for more "favorable mentions". I referred them to our website, and all of the good reviews I had done on the Fat Cats and Fish Cats. I was referred to a snotnosed kid that was their area rep, and he knew absolutely nothing about nothing. He could not even answer my basic questions about some of their products. Needless to say, he viewed me as a threat to his salaried position and did nothing to forward any of the info I sent to him.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I tried the same thing with Caddis, several years ago, while they were still leading players in the float tube market. Same thing. "We have everything under control."[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I haven't approached the Creek Company yet, but I plan to. I am impressed with their aggressive stance in the tube and toon market. They have a lot of new models and are showing some initiative in functional new designs. I will go with that every time.[/#0000ff]
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