:) Right on "Specialist"!!!!!!;)
Look at LL Bean & Kittery Trading Post. Nothing is made in this country and they still keep their prices high.

Our local tackle shop on Saturday has a big thing going on with a few distributors showing up and also a striped bass presentation and a few give aways and "FOOD"!!! :D
You don't get that at Wallyworld!!!:smash:

Yeah, stuff is getting expensive and occasionally I'll shop for small stuff at Wallyworld - especially the clearance stuff if it's any good - but in almost every case I'll shop at my local B & T regardless.

Ya see, Wallyworld doesn't carry eels, let me cull my own or give me a :rolleyes: if I jokingly ask for pogies - and they sure don't know what was shaking last nite even if it's only a sly hint and a wink because of a crowd in the shop. Say no more, ya know?

W-world doesn't give me free coffee, laugh at a joke even if they've heard it before, tell me one I haven't heard or give me an attaboy for a decent fish. They have never given me something for nothing before a trip somewhere 'cause they thought it would work there, or be genuinely interested to hear the low-down from distant places (which would be anywhere more than 20 minutes off island) when I got back. Or gimme one of these :wave: when I was headed around to the next point to fish a favorite spot. Or not follow me there, either.

I don't have a helluva lot of cash, I have no illusions about retiring early or, in fact probably being able to retire at all (and I don't wanna anyway) and oughta be trying to save a little but...

Bottom line, unless something is half-price or less at Wallyworld (like a clearance), I'll support the little guy every time.
I know what a small business guy goes thru in a small town with a seasonal business.

And while the little yellow rollback smiley-face guy is still handsomer than old Bobby, it ain't got the same ...uhhh.. poisonality, or something. I dunno.

Hey, I may have to be a little thrifty, but I just can't be that cheap. Besides I hate shopping centers and chain stores.

I support my local tackle shop probably more than I should I am running out of room to store my rods and reels :)

Bummed about the high cost of lures these days? You could always try this simple solution, which requires only a one-time investment or some fleet feet:

http://www.wmi.org/saltfish/saltboar...hing/T6810.htm

:laughs: :biglaugh: :rotf3:

I wonder how many lures the inshore lobster guys pick up in a season? They seem to always set around our favorite casting spots around here. I might suggest the wmi guy hang a floating tether off his shopping cart and get a lobster license and he'd be all legal. :D

hey Mike, that sounds like one of the most ignorant mean things I've heard in quite a while. It's amazing how people have lost all sence of decency isn't it?????

Cabelas has some Kastmaster knockoffs that I think are under $10 for 6:D you need to assemble them
Pete