Hard to ignore the Acolyte-haters who seem to exaggerate the failures, and seem all too keen to rub salt into the wounds, but I was just re-reading a 13-page Acolyte thread on this forum - one of overwhelming positivity - which provides the reassurance you're suggesting.
What an interesting comment.
Can you substantiate your 'Acolyte-haters' expression?
Who are you referring to?
I've waggled a few Acolytes and truly feel that they are wonderful rods... But in practice their failure record lets them down abysmally in my opinion.
That to me is balanced, objective criticism.
I've read of many failures and I know a few anglers who have personally suffered failures.
Does that logical, evidence based personal judgement deem someone to be a 'hater'?
A disappointed individual yes, I personally would have liked them to be, imo, reliable so that I could confidently use one but I personally don't think they are and so I won't.
Did you also count the number of objective posts in various threads on this forum who have suffered failures?
Just because someone holds, on the balance of the evidence available to them, an objective opinion, it doesn't mean to say that they bare some sort of grudge or are, as you rather derogatorily (imo) put it, 'haters'.
So I repeat my question...
Who are the 'Acolyte-haters' that you refer to?
. I fancy one but definitely don’t need one. I won’t pay silly money for one for that reason.
