Buying rods and reels

[T-Billy]

1 hour ago, Chris Catignani said:

Somebody needs to turn that headboard into a rod rack.

LOL. My granddaughter needs to come get them out of my garage before I turn 'em into firewood.

Thinned the herd a little this week. Gave about a dozen rods to my niece and her husband. I've pretty much reached critical mass at this point.

[Derek1]

I’ve needed every one of them. 

[thunderblack]

My mind daily...maybe I should get a musky set up again? Wait I'm short a 7-6 spinner for saltwater maybe.....No wait. I don't have a 6 wt fly rod anymore and probably should...but I don't have a MH for the lilly pads on that one lake and what if I can't get them out of cover. 

[Dash Riprock]

Almost all the rods and reels I have I don't really need. Truth be told, for as little as I actually fish I could do just fine with one spinning setup and one baitcaster. And even the baitcaster is debatable.

 

But I found this place a couple of years ago and started reading about what the cool kids have and I've been fighting a losing battle with the monkey ever since. Which reminds me - would y'all PLEASE stop talking about the JDM Zillion???

[new2BC4bass]

5 hours ago, Dash Riprock said:

Almost all the rods and reels I have I don't really need. Truth be told, for as little as I actually fish I could do just fine with one spinning setup and one baitcaster. And even the baitcaster is debatable.

 

But I found this place a couple of years ago and started reading about what the cool kids have and I've been fighting a losing battle with the monkey ever since. Which reminds me - would y'all PLEASE stop talking about the JDM Zillion???

Truth be told, I did just fine with one spinning rod before the Internet.  Didn't know a thing about baitcast rods/reels.  Now they make up the vast majority of my gear.

[NavyToad]

7 minutes ago, new2BC4bass said:

Truth be told, I did just fine with one spinning rod before the Internet.  Didn't know a thing about baitcast rods/reels.  Now they make up the vast majority of my gear.

I think we’d all be richer and and blissfully catching fish with our old gear if not for the internet.

[QED]

9 minutes ago, NavyToad said:

I think we’d all be richer and and blissfully catching fish with our old gear if not for the internet.

 

Without the internet there would still have been BPS, Cabelas, and Gander Mountain catalogs.  Same results but with less efficient order fulfillment/delivery.

[LrgmouthShad]

8 hours ago, Dash Riprock said:

Which reminds me - would y'all PLEASE stop talking about the JDM Zillion???

No. That's a piece of equipment I absolutely did not need so I will talk about it in the hopes that bait monkey will leave my house and head to yours. He's looking through the window with his arms crossed.

 

[GreenPig]

I understood until the " did not really need". I can't make sense of that pure negativity. 

[QED]

15 minutes ago, GreenPig said:

I understood until the " did not really need". I can't make sense of that pure negativity. 

 

It's called humor.

[NYWayfarer]

On 9/8/2022 at 10:49 AM, Clumsy fisherman said:

Anyone else ever get an itch and buy a rod and/or reel you did not really need?

Yes I get the itch.

 

 My wife is the cortisone…

[GreenPig]

4 hours ago, QED said:

 

It's called humor.

Nothing funny about not being able finding a pupose for a new rod/reel.

[Dash Riprock]

7 hours ago, new2BC4bass said:

Truth be told, I did just fine with one spinning rod before the Internet.  Didn't know a thing about baitcast rods/reels.  Now they make up the vast majority of my gear.

There's something very satisfying when you get a baitcaster dialed in to where you can take off your thumb and watch the spool regulate itself as the lure flies through the air. Almost as much fun as catching fish. 

[islandbass]

Never…. Never… ever. Such a notion is ridiculous. 
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[Deephaven]

Oh, I need them all.  How else am I going to feel good about my rod collection?