Anglers information and comments

ANGLER'S USING THE STABOR® LINE LOCK

This Letter arrived May 30, 2002 from another long time customer of the STABOR® Line Lock System. They where the winners in the 1999 Crappie USA regional tournament held at Lake Thunderbird in Little Axe, Oklahoma. At the time we did not offer any complimentary prizes for first place, but they each will receive a STABOR® cap and patch for coming in first place. Their comments as follow;

This is a letter to let you know that the STABOR® line locks works. My father and I were fishing a Crappie USA Tournament at Lake Dirty-bird, Oklahoma in 1999. We placed first over all. Using the STABOR® line lock with jigs gave it more action and bites. In the first hour we had the 10 winning crappie that weighed a little over 8 pounds in the boat.

The second place team had a little over 5 pounds, which are very good weights for that lake. We caught about 125 crappie that day. We are sending some pictures of the crappie we caught. This letter is to say "Thank You" for a very good product that I'll use for a long time. "It works"

I was at the Crappie USA classic and your pro team of Grimes & Martin introduced me on how to use the 1/2 in stabor line lock. I was impressed!!

I really feel that it helped us finish in the top 30! Chat showed me how to tie it on and as a troller for crappie it makes the presentation more lifelike, ever since then I have used your product and have not had any problems except running out of stabors! Will order allot more for this years tourneys.

Sorry that I have not written like I said I would. Thing have gotten pretty busy with family and fishing with Mike H.. Speaking of, I had a blast at your sponsored STABOR® Tournament 2001 at Lake Clinton. Thanks for letting me be part of this event. Mike and myself went out to Lake Clinton last week and did quite will for a warm day. We were fishing backup the Rock Creek arm of the lake in and around the trees. Using 1/4oz jigs, Black and light green skirt, with a STABOR® LINE LOCK, at about 12' of water. We caught 6 keepers over 16" and around 1.5 to 2 lbs. It was really great when I would get hung up and break a line it took no time at all using a STABOR®, I was back in the water fishing again. The STABOR® LINE LOCK works on almost any type of fishing rig that you may want to use and attaches very quickly. I will not fish with out STABOR®.

I have to admit, I'm a succor for gadgets, so naturally I had to order some of your line locks. I printed the instructions from the web page and each individual picture from each step. Looked pretty complicated! I received my order from you last week. Took them out of the package, looked at the page you sent, and tied a jig on my line in a split second! The best thing since sliced bread! I tried them out the very next day and caught the biggest crappie I have ever caught! I wear bifocals now so tying knots on small diameter line is a big problem. You have solved that problem for me, and I want to personally thank you. I showed them to a good fishing buddy of mine, and he asked where he could get them. We have figured the one inch line locks would be perfect for his wife, who loves to bream fish. They usually use a swivel and a cricket hook only to fish the bream. The one inch should be able to replace the swivel in weight, and now she will be able to rig up her on line!

Thursday, March 29, 2001

I have no problem with the application of your product for crappie or bass, however, in your experience how does it work on big cat fish?

MY PARTNER AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT PRODUCT YOU HAVE. WE ARE CRAPPIE USA FISHING TEAM IN REGION 3 AND WE OWE OUR SUCCESS TO YOUR GREAT PRODUCT, WE TROLL AND JIG FISH IN TREES AND HEAVY COVER AND WHEN WE GET HUNG UP AND BREAK A LINE IT IS MUCH BETTER GRABBING YOUR PRODUCT THEN TRYING TO RETIE BECAUSE IN A TOURNAMENT YOU SHOULD BE FISHING NOT RETYING, SO THANK YOU FOR TO GOOD JOB IT MAKES OUR JOB BETTER.

Date: 01/30/2001
From: The wonderful world of the B. B. A. Fishing Club of Bellevue NE.

Bet you thought we forgot about you. I know its been a long holiday season and we used a lot of film. Well we got our end of the fishing years pictures. Before I forget, our local Big Kmart has The STABOR® Line lock in stock. I Only see two sizes but they are the the two sizes we use in our area. We had a lot of hooks straightened, but we have not lost lost a fish from a STABOR® line lock. It's great for changing the line and for a handicapped person like myself and the members of B. B. A. Fishing Club, find them easy to use. If you know anyone who has disabilities of some kind, big or small and like to fish, then it's a must to at least try one of the STABOR® tackle. You will see is makes fishing a lot more fun & easy. We are very happy to report the total fish caught for the year 2000 is 269 fish. This doesn't include January and February. It was too cold and June 11th thru August 22 was too hot!

Towards the end of August we caught 37 fish and in September 60 fish. That's good fishing in 2000. I also want to tell you about our disabilities. President John has arthritic hands and fingers. He also has one new eye. Vice President Ted has no depth of perception in his eyes of which only one works right and also arthritic hands, fingers, back and neck problems that gives him problems holding on to anything. This makes it very difficult for us to tie fishing lines to hooks. Without the STABOR® tackle, getting ready to fish is very hard. Thank you from all the members of the Big Bad Ass Fishing Club, hope you will have good fishing for 2001. Have fun fishing.

From K. J. Beam
Date January 25, 2001

Dear Qaiyim,

First of all thank you for your time on the phone, I learned a lot about you and the kind of man you are. Your family and friends should be proud to be around someone like yourself. Now for the important part. Fishing to me is much more than a hobby, I demand a lot from my gear. That is why I am excited to tell you about the apex of terminal tackle. I have fished for many years and never have had a piece of equipment perform to the unbelievable level that the STABOR® does.

I have never had a crank bait perform to it's full potential until now. This product provides me with the assurance that I have been looking for. STABOR® allows me to concentrate all my efforts on fishing rather that worrying about how my crank bait is being presented to the fish. I can rest assured that it is running to the standard that the manufacture intended it to. This is why I use STABOR® when I'm on the water. When it comes to performance there is no finer product in terminal tackle than the STABOR®.

Sincerely,
K. J. Beam
Former Cabela's Angling Events Director

Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2000 13:10:54 -0600
From: Chatt Martin

STABOR®
Here is a picture of the Martin & Grimes fishing team. We won the Pomona Lake Crappie Buster's tournament 10/29/00. We used jigs and Crappie Pro bodies without live bait. The action the STABOR® line locks gave our jigs made the difference. Thank you very much for your support.

Martin & Grimes

FromCrappie Chatt,

It's July 28, 200, "What a day to be in western Kansas, Lake Webster to be exact! "This Lake is 8 miles west of the town of Stockton". The wind is about 5 mph. The heat that was here last week is gone: The high for the day is 85 degrees, not 107. The lake is calm and clear.

I started fishing the edge of a river channel in 17 to 19 feet of water with n orange and chartreuse "Southern Pro" umbrella jig body with a silver Cabela's 1/8 ounce jig head. I attached the jig to my #10 test Fireline with a 1/2" STABOR® line lock. This was the start of 3 days of non-stop crappie catching.

Who am I? I am a fishing guide in eastern Kansas and also I fish tournaments with Crappie USA & Crappie Busters. Today and this weekend I am guiding 4 novice crappie anglers: A father and hid three sons under 16 years of age.

We started fishing using live bait. But, because of the mess and expense I had them change to jigs.

We fished man-made brush piles that were full of broken lines and jigs. We just couldn't stop catching crappies, so in search of larger fish, we fished deeper into the mess of cedar limbs and broken lines. Of course we snagged up a lot, but we always got our jigs back - sometimes with a load of line or brush pieces. It made my clients and I chuckle knowing the trouble other fisherman experienced trying to fish this way, loosing lots of their tackle.

Our success was greatly enhanced by using the STABOR® Line Lock and Fireline. The young anglers were impressed by the ease with which we attached the jigs and how we always got them back after snagging them up.

Thank you so much for such a superior product. STABOR® line locks have made my life as a guide much easier and my clients much happier because our lines just don't break when we get snagged up.

Here is a picture of my new "Crappie Kids" and crappies that were caught during our 3 hours of non-stop catching. We only kept those fish that were 10" or better.

From Webmaster: If you are fishing in Kansas and looking for a Professional Guide, please send inquiries to Chatt@stabor.com

My name is Bob Hein, I live in Moos Jaw Saskatchewan Canada. In July 1998,

I
was on the Internet looking for fishing equipment. I came across the web page for STABOR® Line Locks and was very intrigued by the simplicity, and the mechanics of the STABOR® Line Locks.

I decided to order 3 packs of 1', & 3 packs of the 1/2". I received them in time for our annual Northern fishing trip.

I tried them, and was very impressed.

From that time on I have not thrown a lure into the water, without using a line lock. I was so impressed with the STABOR® Line Lock System, that in the fall of 1999, I approached STABOR® to see if I could become the Canadian outlet for this amazing product. We now supply them to the Canadian fishing market via JARB ENTERPRISES.

Top left-right, Photo #1 is a group picture of the 9 of us as we are about to fly home from a great fishing trip at Triveet Lake in Northern Saskatchewan lakes.

Top right is the sun rising on our camp site at Triveet Lake. Lower left is Ron holding our catch from fishing the weed beds. The Northern Pike on Ron's Right is mine, and weighed in at 12-1/2 pounds. It was caught using 8 pound test line, with a line lock attached to semi floating type of red/white plug. I am in this picture ( lower right) holding an 8 pound Northern Pike using a 1" line lock. The last picture is a small sample of the mornings catch.

From H N Edmond, OK,
Walleye caught using 1" STABOR® Line Lock February 2000. I caught several Walleyes at Canton Lake using The STABOR® rigs last fall. Using STABOR® products makes change-over very easy and fast.
I have used it for still-fishing as well as jigging.
Thanks for a wonderful product.

Ted S. Caught his Catfish using the STABOR® 1-1/2" line lock in 5' of water Monday April 17, 2000 in a sand pit between Bellview NE. and Platts Mouth NE, using a Mitchell reel. On his other catch Ted used 20lb Super tough Stren with a Roby reel in 8ft. The rod used was a 6' Mitchell medium and reel.

Jarrod Haley, McLoud, OK at Sportsman Lake, Seminole, Oklahoma Company tournament on a clear day, temperature in lower 40's water clear. The Tackle used for connecting my line to the lure, was the 1" STABOR® Line Lock for medium tackle. I also used: