Trey Kistler's Tackle Tour Interview

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By Tim Oestreich | Thu, 24 May 2007

Trey Kistler, President and owner of Kistler Custom Rods, was featured in a recent interview by Dennis "Cal" Shew of Tackle Tour.com.  In the interview, Cal dug deep to  find out more about what is happening with Trey, the company and the Kistler Rod product line.  Here is just a taste of the article.

Cal:   It's been argued, by a lot of consumers, that the components you use on your rods (i.e. the guides and reel seat) are inferior to the widely accepted industry standard of Fuji. While we're not here to argue the point of who makes the better guide or reel seat, can you tell us what was behind your decision to go with Batson components over Fuji?

T.Kistler: I have chosen to use the components that provide the best performance throughout the 8 years. We have switched from Fuji to Pac Bay to Batson and tried others for only one reason... Click Here to read the full interview