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[Gavin]

It is what it is. 20x30 space in the basement, 1/4 of the garage, canoe & kayak storage out back. Gotta get it now if you like it. Colors you like and baits go away as the tackle industry consolidates and turns into 5 colors in any bait and none you like. Thanks Johnny Morris! 

 

[fishinwrench]

I can't even tell you how upset I get every April-May when there isn't a bubblegum floating lizard to be bought anywhere in the world.   I am down to my final 1/2 bag, which is enough for maybe 1 day.

[dtrs5kprs]

13 hours ago, Gavin said:

It is what it is. 20x30 space in the basement, 1/4 of the garage, canoe & kayak storage out back. Gotta get it now if you like it. Colors you like and baits go away as the tackle industry consolidates and turns into 5 colors in any bait and none you like. Thanks Johnny Morris! 

 

More like thanks PRADCO and Rapala. Johnny at least makes his junk in a ton of colors.

[dtrs5kprs]

13 hours ago, fishinwrench said:

I can't even tell you how upset I get every April-May when there isn't a bubblegum floating lizard to be bought anywhere in the world.   I am down to my final 1/2 bag, which is enough for maybe 1 day.

Like a Fliptail or the old BPS with the bumps?

[fishinwrench]

10 hours ago, dtrs5kprs said:

Like a Fliptail or the old BPS with the bumps?

This sucker right here!  

If by chance anyone has some laying around I'll totally make it worth your while.....Call Me!  

[dtrs5kprs]

2 hours ago, fishinwrench said:

This sucker right here!  

If by chance anyone has some laying around I'll totally make it worth your while.....Call Me!  

Let me see what I can come up with. Might not be right away.

[kjackson]

I feel your pain, Ham.  But I chuckle at the thought of you thinking you have too much fishing gear.  In my older-than-dirt life, I've taken on my dad's fishing gear. Then, from my time in Washington State, I built up a supply of salmon gear, steelhead gear, bottom fish gear, kokanee gear. When I moved from the west side of the state to the east, I added bass gear and a lot of walleye tackle. I also built up my supply of kokanee stuff.  Five years ago, we moved from Washington to NW Arkansas, and I expanded the bass and walleye gear.  Lately, I've been adding some crappie stuff as we moved very close to Truman Lake a little over a year ago. I also have some redfish gear because of an annual trip to Venice.

Currently, I have most of a basement and half of a garage dedicated to my toys.  The boat and the kayak have to sit outside though.  

Because of what I do (I cover the fishing industry for several magazines), I get a lot of samples, and I keep or use most of them.  I have stuff...

Having said that, if I were youI wouldn't get rid of anything unless you are really, really sure you won't need it.  As a good example, when we left Washington, I sold off most of my halibut gear, including a couple of rods that would be perfect for big catfish.  Sigh. And kokanee hooks are good for dropshot use. Salmon sinkers will turn into crappie jigs.

Also-- I'm a fly tyer and have been since I was 10. If you are a tyer, then you know the addiction. You never throw anything away, and when you see something like a piece of burlap or a sale on Christmas tinsel, you grab it, even if you're not tying at the moment, because sometime in the future you will.  But trout fishing is somewhat limited in my part of Missouri...

I've not tied seriously for six years when we moved away from the coast with its wonderful searun cutthroat and chum salmon runs.  But last fall, I discovered that the local strip pits have some nice bluegills, and nothing is more fun than bluegills on a fly rod unless it's bluegills on a fly rod and popper. Besides, having seen some of Wrench's images of white bass taken on a fly, I"m thinking...

BUT-- there are limits, right?  Do I really need 50 or more baitcasters beyond what I'm using?  I certainly don't need an additional 60 (or whatever the count is) rods... maybe it is time to thin the herd and get organized; it could be you've convinced me.

[176champion]

All my tackle is in my boat..lol

 

[Ham]

Well KJ, we share some similarities. I fish for everything. As a result, I have catfish stuff, crappie stuff, salt water stuff, white bass stuff, all kinds of fly rod stuff, walleye stuff, jig pole stuff, lure manufacturing stuff, and BASS stuff.

part of my problem is having a pathological desire to never be short of something I need to catch fish. 

i have a canoe, kayaks, trout boat, and a Bass Cat. So I tend to have some duplication rather than having to resort every time I'm going to use a different water craft. 

I need to sell some stuff. 

 

[Ham]

Well KJ, we share some similarities. I fish for everything. As a result, I have catfish stuff, crappie stuff, salt water stuff, white bass stuff, all kinds of fly rod stuff, walleye stuff, jig pole stuff, lure manufacturing stuff, and BASS stuff.

part of my problem is having a pathological desire to never be short of something I need to catch fish. 

i have a canoe, kayaks, trout boat, and a Bass Cat. So I tend to have some duplication rather than having to resort every time I'm going to use a different water craft. 

I need to sell some stuff.