No Rob, I am not saying that you are a hypocrite, and am not trying to take you to task. I am saying that you would understand a little more what Jerry feels because you personally have fought the battle of plagiarizm as a writer. In fact I would not call your situation plagiarism, but rather; theft.

And you are correct, lure makers have a harder time dealing with the legal issues surrounding their intellecual property because it is not out in print for all to see on a specific time and date, unless it is in the form of a patent.

The part I was referring to was where you stated that Jerry would pull his hair out for a while and then go about making something better. Sure, you are probably right about Jerry making something new, but as far as him getting over this type of thing, I'm not sure anyone who puts their heart into developing something like these all of these lures to only have their design jerked could ever truly get past it. Especially when the final product will be produced and marketed by a company that can invest a pile of money to do it much faster than you; it kind of stings for awhile. Although, to be honest it appears that none of them; Rago included, can claim 100% pure thought on all of their ideas.

I do not expect you to take sides, you operate a website that caters to "the industry" and her consumers, you are doing as you should, walking the middle ground and giving all sides a shot to expose their wares. And, usually you do it better than some of our other web sites around.

These products are born out of much thought, engineering and artistic ability, and when these guys copy, it serves to cheapen their efforts.

Dan O'Sullivan