i applied and i got a phone call from the owner, we are going to work something out, i looked at the site and talked to him and found out that a lot of it is for bass, even know the name is esox, i have to buy 3 rods to become pro staff, and the owner(Gary Moorehead) is an extremely nice guy, i hope everybody else is as lucky as i am with it, BTW i have used these rods and they ROCK