Danger25 wrote:
On your nose?
Grease it up off the side of your nose that way the 2 piece comes apart easier 🤪. Some shooters rubbed the tip of their bullet on a side of their nose to grease it up they think it flies truer that way 🤣🤣🤣
bknecht wrote:
A while back I posted about a disaster I encountered while fishing with my BIL in which I inadvertently broke 2 rods with a launched anchor while slamming on the brakes to avoid a deer. Broke an old Fenwick HMG and newerSt. Croix. Contacted both companies and explained it was all my fault as the anchor wasn’t properly secured. St. Croix didn’t respond but Fenwick told me to send them a picture of the break, model# and a photo of the entire rod along with the original receipt if it was still in my possession. Unbelievably, I had the receipt from 2003 in my gun cabinet
and sent it all in via email. 3 days later I received a new rod free of charge and get this, an apology that they were temporarily out of stock on that particular HMG model and instead sent me an elite upgrade. They’ve got my business for life. Their rods aren’t particularly inexpensive but are great bangs for the buck and backed by one heck of a warranty. 20 years old, broken by a bonehead move and yet still honored. I was blown away.
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That's how loyality is built bk. A no brainer unless people abuse the program, which you were more than honest about.
Danger25
Loc: Philly/ Cape may New Jersey
I decided to check out Fenwick after all this positive buzz….are they more freshwater ? Even their heaviest rods have a max line weight of 20 lbs
Whitey wrote:
Grease it up off the side of your nose that way the 2 piece comes apart easier 🤪. Some shooters rubbed the tip of their bullet on a side of their nose to grease it up they think it flies truer that way 🤣🤣🤣
A fisherman showed me the nose thing. Hunted a bunch too but we were always clean to avoid scent spoiling our hunt. I guess some of the old school guys with the use your grease idea didn't take showers daily.
bknecht wrote:
A while back I posted about a disaster I encountered while fishing with my BIL in which I inadvertently broke 2 rods with a launched anchor while slamming on the brakes to avoid a deer. Broke an old Fenwick HMG and newerSt. Croix. Contacted both companies and explained it was all my fault as the anchor wasn’t properly secured. St. Croix didn’t respond but Fenwick told me to send them a picture of the break, model# and a photo of the entire rod along with the original receipt if it was still in my possession. Unbelievably, I had the receipt from 2003 in my gun cabinet
and sent it all in via email. 3 days later I received a new rod free of charge and get this, an apology that they were temporarily out of stock on that particular HMG model and instead sent me an elite upgrade. They’ve got my business for life. Their rods aren’t particularly inexpensive but are great bangs for the buck and backed by one heck of a warranty. 20 years old, broken by a bonehead move and yet still honored. I was blown away.
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Wow Bk, Fenwick rocks and the fact you had the receipt!
bknecht wrote:
That they did OJ, honoring a 20 year old rod broken by my dumb a$$ mistake…. hard to believe. And to top it off with an apology on sending me an upgraded model, hard to fathom.
I thought it was the inconsiderate DEER that caused it all.
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Danger25 wrote:
I decided to check out Fenwick after all this positive buzz….are they more freshwater ? Even their heaviest rods have a max line weight of 20 lbs
Not sure Danger, never checked on their saltwater offerings. The only saltwater rods I’ve got are St. Croix’s, not been out on the salt for a while since my buddy lost his Mako in a divorce settlement.
I had a very similar experience with Fenwick. The mkdel(which I can’t remember) broke 3 different times, each time they replied it. The third time with a rod I had for 2/ years, I favorite rod of all time. I broke itnlasbyear on a trip to Maine. I left it there. I will be buying a Fenwick replacement.
Anybass wrote:
That's how loyality is built bk. A no brainer unless people abuse the program, which you were more than honest about.
Thanks Anybass, I think they’re darn good rods for the money.
40GRIT wrote:
Wow Bk, Fenwick rocks and the fact you had the receipt!
Yeah 40, anything I deem important goes in the gun cabinet lest my wife get a hold of it.
Jeremy wrote:
I thought it was the inconsiderate DEER that caused it all.
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Nah Jeremy, my own negligence and antilock brakes.
Jeremy wrote:
A fisherman showed me the nose thing. Hunted a bunch too but we were always clean to avoid scent spoiling our hunt. I guess some of the old school guys with the use your grease idea didn't take showers daily.
You can clean all you want to Jeremy your body still has a smell thats why ya play the wind. Some have more oily skin. I believe I said shooter to not hunter's
Great to hear that someone is honoring their warranty (above and beyond). Will definitely take a look at Fenwick rods.
Trip D
Loc: West Lafayette, Indiana
I had a similar experience with Lew's. I was putting my brand new Lew's spinning rod in the back seat of my crew cab and accidentally broke the tip off of it. I had never used the rod, and wrote a note to Lew's asking to buy a replacement because none of my local retailers had the same model. They sent a new one with no questions asked, and that's not what I was angling for, because it was my bone-headed error that broke the rod. I'll always buy Lew's from now on if possible....
I’ve been using Fenwick rods for probably 50 years including blanks when then still sold them.
The motto was, “I’m a Fenwick Man”. I still am.
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