Rodney,

You are right, I am full of it. I apologize to you and the group, though
I feel my points are still right on, I am not going to encourage these
arguements any more. It is unfortunate you don't realize what the whole
problem is here. I wrote it in a previous email some months back. It
isn't your product Rodney, at all, it is your delivery, and your methods
of defense. Like Mr. Kerr and Steve said, show up at an event and teach
me a lesson, if someone is better than me, I can take a whoopin , but if
you talk talk and talk and never allow us to see it, how are we supposed
to react.

Also, you named off all those older boys, well Rodney, they use anything
and everything that comes onto the market, for testing purposes.
Longevity is the key, can your inventions remain on the deck of their
boats for years to come?


I have 20 tournaments this year, maybe I will get beat by someone using
your inventions.

Chris


On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 11:55:57 -0600, Rodney wrote:

Chris Rennert wrote:
Rodney,

Are you serious???? I have never heard anyone talk about how great they
are more than you. What a disappointment it would be to meet at a
neutral site and watch you struggle to find fish, let alone catch them.

Chris I'm not that great,, but my fishing products and new techniques are


I have to re-read the article on the top 25 fisherman of all time
(In-Fisherman from a couple years ago) because I don't recall any of them
thanking you for your contributions to the fishing industry or their
success. I know I have stumbled across Rich Zaleski's name a few times,
but never Rodney Long. I have read quite a few fishing books, and you
would think somewhere in the annals of fishing lore I would find some
mention of your contributions Rodney,

I'm still new in this Chris, but My products have made "EVERY" fishing
magazine , don't you ever read them ? You will be reading about them in
hard back books soon, as I have already done the interviews with the
Authors, while I demo stated the new techniques I have invented.

or at least how your mere presence
among people you fish with have changed their lives for the better.

Well I guess you don't follow any of the Old guys in fishing, Bill
Dance, Hank Parker, Ray Scott, and Al Linder, even old Roland Martin
uses my stuff.

What's the big deal here ? some guys here said I was B.S., and when I
throw these guys who use my stuff out there, they then say I'm just
bragging,, no I'm proving that people who know fishing more than them ,
disagree with them


Anyone who says I can catch fish , I just can't find them needs to
re-evaluate their place in the fishing world. Well, at least people that
sit and beat their chest about how great they are. You might have had a
couple inventions that have gotten you some recognition and maybe a ride
along with a few bass pros, but it doesn't make you superior to anyone
here.

I'm not superior,, my fishing products are, to the ones the people use
here on this list, that's all. and these I have proved to be better with
some well known fishermen, them using the old way, and me my new way, it
did not mean I was a better fisherman, I was just doing things they
could not, with the rigs they used

I don't care how big your wallet is, or how well connected you are, none
of that matters. Get off your pedestal, come down to earth and try being
a little modest. You have to remember, a majority of the fisherman are
not pros, and if you want to sell something to the majority maybe you
should try and relate to them just a little bit.

When I first brought out a new product a few on here did everything to
riddicule it,, and as I brought out more, they kept attacking me,, i
defended myself and my products, as these so call know it alls didn't
and don't have a clue about the use of them. When I can on here sharing
the fish caught with them,, again I was attacked as being a spammer,
what I was trying to do is open up a new world of fishing, but a few on
here , thought because they didn't know how to use them , they were not
worth using, because "they" were not the experts in these new
techniques, they would slam them, Warren was the worst. hecoudl not
stand the thought of some teenager that could piuck up one of my rigs
could beat him not using one.

If I have to hear about how you outfished a pro from the back of their
boat with your inventions I am going to puke. I read all the periodicals
and books I can from this industry. I watch all the videos I can get my
hands on , and I had no idea who you were until I joined this newsgroup
and had to read your constant ramblings about how great you are. You
could ask, who the hell am I. Rodney, I am nobody, I am not better than
you, I am not better than Warren, or anybody else. I am just a guy who
loves to fish, and has done it for over 15 years.

The only reason I keep bringing this up is Warren and others have called
me a con artist, that when I offer to prove to them, that my stuff does
as claimed, they yell B.S., just because they can't accept they did not
come up with any of it, they dream, and I actualy do, they just can't
handle that

Then again, if you keep telling yourself you are great, maybe one day you
will be. Not that this means anything to you, but the people I respect
don't have to tell me how great they are, I already know by their actions
and by their attitude.

My attitude on this list has nothing to do with my general attatude, or
the way I am,, here I am on the defence at all times, in the real world
, where I deal one on one with people, that is not nessasary, as I can
back up every claim about my inventions, just by showing them.

When the first pro's started drop shotting, they started dominating,
untill others started fishing the same way, not that they were better
fishermen, just they were using a new technique that dominated certain
fishing condistions, Now with one of my rigs it takes this much further
than just clear deep water, it works at all deths, and the muddyer the
water the better.

Let's look at fish holding in the rocks, my Rock Hopper lets fishermen
fish their soft plastics right through those rocks, crawling right over
them, this works better than dragging a crank bait through them, or even
a spinner bait, so a person using that weight, has the advantage, even
if he is a less skilled fisherman


Now that I have come this far, and had a chance to reflect on what I have
written so far I am thinking I should give up fishing. Hell if a billion
dollar industry can be put under by the Rodney Long Machine and his
inventions then I don't want to be part of it.

You do like to Streach what has been stated by me,, the fishing "weight"
industry is not that large, and less than 5% of it are serious bass
fishermen wanting to carolina or texas rig rocks. My wiggle rig is for
those wanting to catch much bigger fish, and have the patence to learn
how to manipulate their lures
I have taken the action of a lure from the manufacturer, and placed it
into the hands of the fisherman,, this has never been done before.

I will not hurt any of the lure buisness, as you must use lures to use
my rigs
I mean, you have said
yourself people are using your inventions and beating people like Warren.
I used to think it was the fisherman that caught the fish, and not the
lure or hook, but now I know the truth.

It is the "technique" a lure is fished that either catches them or
don't, now with everyone using the same rig, the best technique with
that rig wins, I have just come up with better techniques, that require
a "product" to be used


Why should any of us even try if
we are not going to use your inventions. I apologize for everything I
wrote, you are the greatest, Soon you will be able to replace that Oil
painting with the new one you have created for yourself with Al Linder,
Ray Scott, Denny Brauer, Rick Clunn, Doug Hannon, Warren Wolk, Hell throw
in anyone that has ever picked up a rod and reel all bowing at your feet,
and you stand above them in a white robe , with your arms out and a halo
looking over all your children, we are weak Rodney, but you are strong. I
can't compete, so if anybody would like a Ranger 354v I am just going to
give it away, as well as 15 rod/reel combos that I was so looking forward
to using this year in tournaments. I figure, Rodney probably wouldn't
bother to sell me his inventions now because I have disgraced him , and I
really don't deserve to have th privilege of tying on one of his
inventions.

You really are full of it, aren't you ?