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[*] posted on 11-14-2009 at 08:51 AM
What's up with this reel?


I cruise the FFO website a few times each month just to see if they have anything decent on sale and all of their casting/trolling reels have this statement - the spinners do not. Anyone know what they are talking about?

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[*] posted on 11-14-2009 at 08:55 AM


Probably put there by some disgruntled wife



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[*] posted on 11-14-2009 at 08:56 AM


contains lead, or similar...



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[*] posted on 11-14-2009 at 09:02 AM


It kills fish??

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[*] posted on 11-14-2009 at 09:08 AM


Made in China, Nuff said:lol:



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[*] posted on 11-14-2009 at 09:11 AM


BTW, what's FFO?

found it.

http://www.ffo-tackle.com/

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[*] posted on 11-14-2009 at 11:17 AM


Welcome to Nanny-fornia. To better to protect the citizens of the once great state, the people voted in Prop 65. AKA: The Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986.

Stupid voters were duped into passing this law based on its cute and fuzzy name. It was, of course, designed to promote clean drinking water and keep toxic substances that cause cancer and birth defects out of consumer products and the environment. Unfortunately, since almost everything could cause cancer and birth defects, the warning shows up on most products. Heck, we even have the warning on entrances to parking garages…:rolleyes:




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[*] posted on 11-14-2009 at 12:07 PM


Lead is the reason. All fishing products that COULD contain even miniscule amounts must be labeled now. AS of 1/1/2010 I am not allowed to use lead wheel weights in my shop. They must be steel or zinc. The max fine is 2,000 dollars a day, for every day you are not in compliance.
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[*] posted on 11-14-2009 at 03:40 PM


FFO: sorry - it's a webiste owned/used by the Berkley family of companies (Berkley, Fenwick, Abu-Garcia, RedWolf and now Penn, sigh) to dump their overstock/last-year-model stuff. Occasionally I find a Fenwick rod at a decent price. Sometimes line is pretty good price. Most of the time prices are too high.
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[*] posted on 11-14-2009 at 03:44 PM


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Lead is the reason. All fishing products that COULD contain even miniscule amounts must be labeled now.


I've often wondered just how much lead I got as a kid, growing up using my teeth to put on split-shot lead weights - musta done it a gajillion times. Come to think of it, might esplain some recent behavior....
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[*] posted on 11-14-2009 at 04:10 PM


Lead..... you're safe, Santiago, so long as you don't lick the reel.;D:lol:

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[*] posted on 11-16-2009 at 11:02 AM


Yeah Santiago;
Do not eat your fishing reel!!

Whatever happened to that guy that ate a whole car?
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[*] posted on 11-16-2009 at 11:31 AM


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Yeah Santiago;
Do not eat your fishing reel!!

Whatever happened to that guy that ate a whole car?


Heard he had trouble with his tailpipe.:biggrin:




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[*] posted on 11-19-2009 at 11:09 PM


Dont buy anything shakespeare. very bad fishing gear.
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