When I first got into bass fishing really heavy one spring post spawn I had to drop everything to go on a vacation to Kittery,Maine with the misses. For the first time I was bumbed to go. But we rode around looking for tag sales.

I found a woman who's husband passed away and he fished saltwater and freshwater. She had rods, reels and lures for sale. An older probably 50's to 60'ish 5'6" light spinning rod that was $5. I set it up and right off my bass fishing took off. I'm thinking the rod is blessed with good luck or the old man is looking down on me. Either way I hit the first bass feeding frenzy using this rod.

Do you believe in good luck in equipment when it's passed on to you?

Since then I purchased new equipment but the luck in that rod surely cemented my love of bass fishing.

I have an old ambassadeur that I just sent off to Delaware Valley Tackle for a spruce up. It was my dads before he passed back in '97. I don't always use it, but it is usually in the boat to bring good juju.