While leading a tour through his fishing-tackle manufacturing building in the mid-1990s, a sales/advertising representative snorted dismissively when asked about the Mitchell spinning reels lineup the company recently acquired. “All you have to know is that the average age of guys using Mitchell 300s is 64,” the rep said. “That’s not a demographic looking to buy.” I swelled with pride, even though I had just turned 40. If old guys were still using reels they bought as young men or teenage
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