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off season I buy stuff from everyone online, literally dozens of sites as well as ebay. 50% cableas and 50% everyone else. no local shop is even open by me off season.
During the season..100% local. I visit the shop 5-7 days a week. I do spend a lot of money there but IMO it is well worth it. I know them and they know me. They do not gouge me and gives me a good break on the big ticket items. The info I have gotten in return priceless. I pick his brain all the time. I enjoy listening them them recant their past fishing trips. It is hard to beat several generations of local knowledge when you are the new guy around town...even if you are an experienced fisherman.
Fishing, boating and skiing are my only expensive hobbies and it keeps me occupied all year. I could add up how much I have spend at my local shop (its all on my CC invoices) but I don't want to..it will not change my buying habbits anyway. I love fishing and will buy whatever I need to do it as often as I can. What I really need is more time not more gear anyway.
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