I like finding and trying out 'new things' like my F150 Lightning, even to starting drag racing at the 'tender' age of 62 and was able to run it in 12.531 seconds in the 1/4 mile.
I try out new tackle as you might imagine. I read Tackle Tour's review of the Helium rod and that's all it took. I ordered one(HE70MC) sight-unseen. I fished with it and caught 8 Buzzbait Bass in the heat of the summer of 2003 that first day. I immediately ordered my second one and the rest is 'history'
I too appreciate the lightness of them and my aged joints thank me.
Dan _________________
"I give my loyal and enthusiastic adherence to the present; with all its fresh and glorious possibilities; but I shall never forget that it is to the Old South that the New South owes all that is best and noblest in its being."
