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@jay.bush1434 said, I'm a fan. I've had 5 or 6 rods from EDGE now, and both the 691 beta and 890 beta have stayed in the primary quiver for a few years now. The only ones I've sold off didn't have fighting butts....because, well, fighting butts.
I've had great interactions with the shop, too. I broke the 691 during a carp tournament a few years back - not on a fish, and I don't want to talk about it - and called the customer service folks the next day to find out what it would take to get it fixed. Ended up having a glorious conversation with one of the guys about the rods, the industry in general, culture, cuisine, corporate software packages, global geopolitics, whether or not the so-called Four Asian Tigers could be considered the modern incarnations of the Renaissance-era Italian city-states....easily the best convo I had with a complete stranger during that entire year.
Oh, and we talked about fishing, of course.
We also discussed their fairly bold and controversial decision to cut their prices in half and sell direct rather than working through the traditional network of distributors, reps, and retail shops. I've lingered on the edge of the industry for most of my life, so that part was particularly interesting. My impression is mostly that the jury is still out on whether or not that approach "works" (and we'd probably need to define what we mean by "works" over a few drinks), but they still seem to be plenty busy.
Give a listen to the podcast that April Vokey did with Gary a few years ago. It's worthwhile just for the stories and history, but he also tells some of the saga that brought him from G. Loomis to EDGE / North Fork.
