if you fish any more than about 3 days a year then stay away from abu's... better bang for your buck(read:cheaper and more durable in my experience) is the quantum IR4.
Johnny, you have no idea what you a talking about. I use an abu from '72 and several other recent models.
Truly, if you are going to post garbage information check out a sanitation site.
Now I see the reply in this thread you were refering to in the other... lol
Funny you should mention the older abu's! I was originally going to mention that the older ones were about bullet proof and how the quality had dropped over the years, but left it out for brevity. I have a few "newish" abu's around here that are junked from light use, as does my father in law, brother in law and a few friends. If you have a different experience with the ones built in the 90's-2000's then that's great but it certainly hasn't been mine OR a number of others who have sworn them off.
Someone asked for opinions and I proceeded to give mine. Because it differs from yours doesn't make me an idiot or jerk, just another individual with a differing point of view. Not sure what got you so worked up about my posts, but sheesh! Are you an abu rep by chance??
Anyways, despite your distain for my posts and opinions I sincerely hope you and yours have a very merry christmas!