The irony is that they might not see the demand for the striper tackle, because the serious fishermen will figure out pretty quickly to go somewhere else for it. How can they measure sales for items they don't carry?
That's the problem with the "big box" stores - they just will never be in touch with what's going on locally like a small "mom and pop" store can be. They plan their merchandizing based on what some guy puts on a piece of paper a thousand miles away. Here in Nashville, our Bass Pro has a bunch of high-end saltwater gear like you'd see on a boat trolling the Atlantic. In the meantime, you're a cast away from Cherokee with no striper tackle for sale.
It may be cheaper to buy stuff at Bass Pro, but if we let them run the small shops out of business, in the long run the sportsmen suffer.
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