01-09-2004, 01:08 AM
You're right. Pflueger won't have anything to do with my Bass Pro Pflueger Supreme. I'm sure there's some type of licensing or sale involved. From cross checking Cabela's and Bass Pro, it appears Pflueger's top-of-the-line is now Trion. Cabela's doesn't even show a Supreme. I'm not sure if Pflueger stopped making the Supreme, if Cabela's doesn't stock it, or if Pflueger sold Bass Pro the Pflueger Supreme name. The Bass Pro Pflueger Supreme is made in Korea.
I have that Supreme you're looking for. It was my Dad's and I'm, at this time, not considering parting with it. I'm not sure of its vintage, but it has to be from the late 40's or early 50's. I know he had it around 1951. As far as I know, it never got used fishing. We used to stream fish for trout in those days using bait on fly rods rods and fly line and the Supreme simply stayed in its box. I recall playing with the Supreme a couple times and only ended up with rats' nests.
Yes, I've been to the Sidney Cabela's. It's less than three hours from my house, but I have to limit my trips there because it's too easy to pick up stuff, walking around a store like that. Stuff I'd be able to pass up when I'm browsing their catalog or website. I don't, however, find your comparison between WalMart and Cabela's holds that true. I know most of the Mepps I use are less expensive through Cabela's. Although Wally's admittedly has good prices and is well stocked with fishing equipment considering it's not even a sporting goods store, I find its stock is usually models in the lower lines, e.g. they'd have the Akron instead of the Supreme. Wally's doesn't carry the spinning line I use, however, they do stock the 00 ultralight Mepps which Cabela's doesn't. It's possible to beat the Wally prices at Cabela's by buying the larger packaging, i.e. 600+ yd spools of line and 100 count packages of hooks that Cabela's has which Wally's doesn't.
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I have that Supreme you're looking for. It was my Dad's and I'm, at this time, not considering parting with it. I'm not sure of its vintage, but it has to be from the late 40's or early 50's. I know he had it around 1951. As far as I know, it never got used fishing. We used to stream fish for trout in those days using bait on fly rods rods and fly line and the Supreme simply stayed in its box. I recall playing with the Supreme a couple times and only ended up with rats' nests.
Yes, I've been to the Sidney Cabela's. It's less than three hours from my house, but I have to limit my trips there because it's too easy to pick up stuff, walking around a store like that. Stuff I'd be able to pass up when I'm browsing their catalog or website. I don't, however, find your comparison between WalMart and Cabela's holds that true. I know most of the Mepps I use are less expensive through Cabela's. Although Wally's admittedly has good prices and is well stocked with fishing equipment considering it's not even a sporting goods store, I find its stock is usually models in the lower lines, e.g. they'd have the Akron instead of the Supreme. Wally's doesn't carry the spinning line I use, however, they do stock the 00 ultralight Mepps which Cabela's doesn't. It's possible to beat the Wally prices at Cabela's by buying the larger packaging, i.e. 600+ yd spools of line and 100 count packages of hooks that Cabela's has which Wally's doesn't.
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