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05/24/2018 03:01PM
How long could you fish with your existing gear without replacing anything if you had to? I just realized that I could easily go a couple of years. I have an armoire full of fishing tackle, reels and line. I might start running out of a few baits in my favorite colors, but I could make other colors work.
05/24/2018 04:02PM
Ummm....interesting question. I'd run out of fishing line before anything else. I probably have a few years' worth of that on hand.
If you're talking a *specific* lure -- like a 3/8 oz. bluegill pattern swimjig with a 5'' watermelon grub trailer -- then I don't have all that many back ups of all my stuff, so one night out with especially aggressive pike might have me heading back to Tackle Warehouse.
If you're talking a *specific* lure -- like a 3/8 oz. bluegill pattern swimjig with a 5'' watermelon grub trailer -- then I don't have all that many back ups of all my stuff, so one night out with especially aggressive pike might have me heading back to Tackle Warehouse.
05/24/2018 04:20PM
It is embarrassing.......I could probably go 2 or 3 lifetimes. Its the saltwater equipment which really did me in. I kept upgrading........I wanted to be like the guys I looked up to, the guys who were always high hook out of 20 or 30 other anglers.
Yes the equipment does make a huge difference but you don't know what you don't know...........it took a long time to finally figure out what the right combinations were. And then of course when you have your own center console offshore boat you purchase all kinds of stuff (happy to have sold it, whew!) ........and then there is offshore party boats and 6 paks (6 guys)............and of course I was also very into backcountry as well. Its sort of scary the amount of fishing gear I have. I really need to divest myself and learn about Ebay and sell some of it. My wife is like "what am I going to do with all this if you go before me"
Yes the equipment does make a huge difference but you don't know what you don't know...........it took a long time to finally figure out what the right combinations were. And then of course when you have your own center console offshore boat you purchase all kinds of stuff (happy to have sold it, whew!) ........and then there is offshore party boats and 6 paks (6 guys)............and of course I was also very into backcountry as well. Its sort of scary the amount of fishing gear I have. I really need to divest myself and learn about Ebay and sell some of it. My wife is like "what am I going to do with all this if you go before me"
Lets Go!
05/25/2018 01:35PM
PowerLizard: "timatkn: "I refuse to answer based on the grounds my wife could read this thread and make fun of me later...
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I always tell my wife that fishing tackle is cheaper than the therapy to cure it."
Agreed, all in all a fairly cheap hobby. I could certainly make it a couple of years without purchasing anything.......but I won't. My plastics for bass could last probably 6 years now that I fish for them less. Or at least have moved to different types of plastics. Some of the older stuff finds its way into my boys' tackle bags.
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