Glenn May: Hey folks. Glenn May here with BassResource.com, and I'm here with my good friend, Hank Parker, at the Lew's Booth. We're looking at brand new products coming out later on this year. Hank, tell me what you got here.
Hank Parker: Lew's is on fire. They're at the top of the game on developing reels and rods. This is a new rod. That's a brand new rod that's at a $100 price point. These rods are awesome. This is a new grip. This is called Winn Grip. The golfers for years, and years, and years used cork handles. The problem with cork, you can't compress it. When you get a little perspiration or a little misty rain, you can't compress cork so you don't have a real good grip. Rod companies have been using cork for years, and years and years. How do you improve? Well, this Winn Grip, wet or dry it's still tacky. You'll be able to grip the rod no matter how much rain or how much perspiration you may create out there fishing on a hot day.
Then we have a MicroWave guide. This is a pretty incredible guide. It takes all the twist out. Spinning reel has a coil and when it comes off, it will have a coil all the way usually through the third guide. Well, with this MicroWave guide, it's a guide inside of a guide. It takes all that coil out, and by the time it hits the second guide, it's smooth and straight so you get more distance, more control, better feel. All of this rod is put together for about $100.
Glenn: Not bad, not bad.
Hank: It's awesome. It's so cool to be able to see something new, but to have something new and innovative that's affordable is pretty cool.
Glenn: When is this going to hit the market?
Hank: It's going to be available in September, so look for it. It's the new Lew's and it's called . . . it's so new, I don't even know what it's called. It's called the TP1 Speed Stick. TP1. The Speed Sticks are awesome. They've been around for 100 years, but this is the TP1.
Glenn: Awesome rod. Check it out guys. Look for it in September.