vszero wrote:
i work and i used up my money in savings
How do you kids not have a social life with a significant other after spending that kind of money? Half my money during my college yrs were spent on Women. Many of whom I don't remember much or wished I never *cough* met them. You know how the old saying goes - "Women, can't live with them and can't live without them".
Most expensive reel I had since I was 18 was an old browning baitcaster with 6:1 GEAR and 5 bearings that retailed for $100 and was on "clearance" at Gandermountain for "$60". All my other reels were Shakespear or cheap quantums. When you were a kid out of highschool with no money, a $30-$60 reel back then feels like a $250+ reel now. If you think that was bad I still have an old casting 6'6" ugly stick. Yet this cheap rod and reel gave me more great memories of catching fish than any of my highend rods nowadays. It was surreal and even more surreal to think of it now.
The only reason I spent a little over $1000 was I needed to upgrade my old Curado B's and get some new rods vs my old Fenwick and St. Croix rods. Otherwise I am very conservative about spending my money on fishing tackle now - well I guess with kids and nagzilla, you have to be conservative. 1 kid....you can still spen, two kids....kinda spend, three kids... your asking for it, and four+ kids and you will be upgrading every 8yrs - 10yrs as in my case. Really. Young bucks have no idea. Unless you are a doctor or are in the line of work like Cal, you can have the best of both worlds. Trust me, I am an IT Admin and make a good living but with kids, they are expensive.
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