Elitism in it's truest form. All any rod does is present a lure, artificial or natural, to a fish in hope of a bite. I can't understand why anyone would try to lessen the joy of a kid because he didn't adhere to some arbitrary set of rules.
I'm thinking the whole purpose of any rig is to give a person the best opportunity to catch a fish and have the most fun doing it. Sure, I can catch CNBG on my 60 pound braided Dobyns' Mike Long Model jig rod, but it would be no fun. I wouldn't be able to catch a trout doing this, so I wouldn't even try.
I can hammer a nail in with a piece of pipe, and it's still hammering. I'll pass to George to make a definitive response to this, but it seems silly to me.
