Jerome

I unlocked the threads.

Many thanks for your dedication, Dean. Acting as editor is indeed a very demanding task, and you spent a huge amount of work on this, much appreciated. Just to clarify something for the readers: Dean is staying with the BoD, he's stepping out of the NACA editor position, no more.

One more thought. When I started seriously carp fishing, it wasn't hard to find a 9 feet rod, and I really liked those, as a good compromise allowing you to do pretty much everything. Nowadays, we can't even find an 11 footer, and we have to go to 12 or 13 feet, which is ok by me (I got used to it), but really clumsy and heavy for newbies and younger anglers. I also like to have a couple of shorter rods for cramped environments, in the woods, etc. I still have an old TICA rod I bought in Texas a decade ago (I had two, broke one), and I love it. What I am saying is that there might be a niche market for shorter rods. Not too sure prospective customers would be willing to pay the price for a custom rod though.

This is a very cool idea, love it. I'd be happy to contribute.

I made a similar mistake once. Hey, Willem, couldn't we disable this public feed thing? I find it remarkably useless and confusing. Not very important though.

Rest assured that you were not fired! I don't know. Sorry about that. Please contact Willem (IT superman) and Tony (state chair director) to sort it out...

This list should be the answer to your question... http://www.carpanglersgroup.com/forum/index.php?/staff/ Except that most state chairs didn't customize their title to clearly show which state they are in charge of! Hmpf!

You two need to get a room... With a view, and easy access to the water!

From past experience, bulk mail delivery time can vary quite widely... So be patient!

Yup, got mine too. Terrific job from Dean and Sal. Question: who wrote the article about the various 'carp' species?

And I've seen a preview, and this is really terrific work from Dean and Sal.