"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
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On Sat, 22 Sep 2007 16:26:43 -0400, with neither quill nor qualm, "Ed
Huntress" quickly quoth:

I said:
Yeah, people seem to like to bend sportsmen over for fishing and
hunting supplies.

What's even stranger to me is that some of them will pay those prices.
That
reel I was looking at was a Shimano Stella, and it's a beautiful piece of
forging and machining. But how much better can it be than a $150 reel?
Those
are nice, too. Doubtless they'll cast just as far and they have very good
drags, which are the things you're looking for in a surf reel.

Yeah, fishing really is a drag. guffaw

You will be punished for that. If not now, then in the afterlife...



There are a lot of people around with a lot of money, and they'll pay
ridiculous prices to feather their hobbies and pastimes. I'd feel so
guilty
I couldn't enjoy my hobby if I spent like that.

I grok you in your entirety there. Now where's that old Zebco reel...?

I'd say save it, but I think ebay has killed the market for collectible
reels. It seems like everybody has some in their attic, and they're dragging
them out to sell because they think they're valuable.

No kidding, I have one that I was offered $200 for fifteen years ago, and
today you can buy all of them you want on ebay for around $25.

--
Ed Huntress