You guys are both right, elnutsmalljaws & TI. As a small business owner we just have to do our very best and it will come around. By no means are we at Plapp's Perfect, but I teach our employees to treat everyone like you would want to be treated and we only hire people who I feel can truly help our cusomters and not just fill in for someone else. The big guys will keep growing until Wall Street tells them no too and then they'll cut back. At the same time you have to look at companies like Bass Pro and Wallmart and marvel how a few people started a company 20-40 years ago with a small idea and watched it BOOM. From my standpoint I love that type of stuff and enjoy seeing examples like these companies all the time.

But with that said, it's every small business owners job to adjust their product mix and service to survive. And like guys said, hard core bass fisherman will visit the small custom tackle stores first and hopefully more frequently.

Matt