Don - I'm over on Federal St & the nearest places are a Bob Smiths off Washington (across from Borders on that tiny side street before the church) & one on Comm ave in Brighton but I've heard they've closed - do not know if this is true. Plus their prices were high, a lot higher than most places. There is a shop in Arlington (nice guys, high prices) and Everett has Fishing Finadicts.
In Quincy, one of our sponsors,
http://www.striped-bass.com/tackleshops.shtml is on 6a - he carries that reel. In Dorchester at Neponset Circle is Neponset Circle Fishing & Darts, where you may or may not get the best deal from Darrel (sorry pal), you'll wait in line for 2 days (sorry pal) and you're close to the Sportsman's Den anyway
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