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Tackle addiction

Stuart Prescott

Stuart Prescott

Senior Member
do you , like me , buy more than you actually need or can use ?

can you not resist a bargain , even if you dont really it ?

personally , i think i have reached a saturation point , rods , reels , luggage etc

its a compulsion , a desease :D
 
I've got a mate, who really ought to remain nameless, who has over 120 rods including at least 5 Barders.

I consider myself lucky that I've not really been bitten by the bug too badly (albeit with one or two mad moments), but I'm afraid the same can't be said for Michael....................oh...s**t....ignore that....er.....whatever he is called. (Sorry Mike)....B****r I've done it again....Sorry, ignore everything. ...pretend I'm not here.
 
I go along the 'Just In Time Route' it really is no way to run any business filling up with unwanted stock:)
But I do have a number of rods that have never seen the light of day and just a couple of reels...and nets..seats.
 
Phew, thank god its not just me, i was thinking i was OCD with my tackle purchasing... maybe we need to set up a support group... shall i start it off:

My names Andrew and i have been hoarding tackle now for at least ten years it started innocently when i started earning and every spare penny goes into my habbit....
 
My name is dave I too am an addict and tackle tart.
I've been clean for one day, mainly because I was at work for 12 hours...
atb, dave
 
Dear all,

I am another Dave, and I too am deeply worried about how long I have been hoarding my tackle. It is very old but in pristine condition, because it only gets used at Christmas and birthdays.

I am hoping that my pension will go up enough one day to enable me to purchase enough gin and tonic to keep the wife in a condition such that she will believe me when I tell her it's my birthday every day....then I will have a whale of a time.

Should I bank my hopes on this?

Cheers, Dave.

:p
 
luckily i came home today to find a parcel force note through the door saying "im sorry i missed you ,your parcel is at the office for collection"
my wife doesn,t know i,ve just bought 2 shimano reels:)
you can,t have enough goodies:D
 
when i was at school i used to have dozens of pens collecting them like a magpie collecting shiny bits,
i suppose most of us who used to wait weeks saving up even for small items of tackle caught the magpie syndrome with fishing tackle, the bloke in the small local tackleshps face lights up when he sees me because he knows that carrier bag i leave with will be far in excess of a hundred quid, addiction? you betcha life i am as most anglers are:D
 
John Walker said:
when i was at school i used to have dozens of pens collecting them like a magpie collecting shiny bits,
i suppose most of us who used to wait weeks saving up even for small items of tackle caught the magpie syndrome with fishing tackle, the bloke in the small local tackleshps face lights up when he sees me because he knows that carrier bag i leave with will be far in excess of a hundred quid, addiction? you betcha life i am as most anglers are:D
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Ha but does it make you a bad person? I dont think it does, thats what I keep telling myself;) I just cant let my wife up in the loft just incase she sees all the rods and reels and all the other stuff:eek: trouble is there must be some weight up there now:eek::D
 
My weakness is hooklength materials and especially coated braid, spent a small fortune trying different types, but in the end I always stick to sink braid or mantis!
 
i remember buying 3 delkims back in 1994 and 3 custom made Harrison carp rods, as it was the closed season on lakes, i never got the chance to use um, sold em and lost money as well, and got some river tackle.
a case of eyes bigger than my belly.
 
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