Yeah you, the lowly fisherman. We spend our life preying on fish but aren't we really the prey? We have to have every gizmo and do dad with the hopes it will make us fishing gods. We've got to have that fancy boat that goes a jillion mph. The G Loomis rods because, let's face it, they have the coolest logo. Shimano reels because the Shimano army won't have it any other way. Japanese lures, lures designed by Dahlberg, because they attract more fish. $12 frogs because they are 4x better than the $3 frogs. Hooks with laser sharp points to increase our hook up rate. SI/DI technology and underwater cameras so we can see what the fish are looking at. If we can't have these things, we dream about the day we will be able to afford them.

Were we not content as children spending the day at the lake with our fathers and grandfathers? Fishing with a closed face Zebco and a $10 fishing rod and hanging a nightcrawler or minnow under a bobber? I know I was. I wonder what happened. What made me the fiend I am today?

I went to Cabelas today to get some walleye jigs and left with $60 of crap I surely don't need and possibly will never use.

 

The reason for this rant: Anybody price balsa bobbers lately?       

 

I'd be a wealthy man if I never learned to fish. 

That's funny! & true..... Yep, on balsa floats, just insane prices on everything...

Spending our hard earned money on something we love is what makes us happy. Perhaps we all have too much money? Lol

My wife would rather have me spend money on fishing rather then booze and clown porn I'm good! But really there could be worse things then fishing.

I actually enjoy buying tackle haha its fun building your collection! Now for you guys that have 2 of every lure made... Maybe you should set a budget haha

Amen to that.

We have to waste money somehow

If you had a cocaine habit all you'd have to show for it at the end of the day would be a runny nose.