Maybe I have become jaded

[moogie]

Ya, I have to agree with Piemma.

The show's are not the same.
To be perfectly honest, I can go to Bass Pro and kill the same amount of time there, as I would at a show. . . .and get the same hot dog too.

I can spend countless hours on line looking at, and reading about all of the new stuff.

I'm in my early 60's and all I can say is that back in the day, we could take the "MTA" (that's what they called the "T" back then) from Dorchester into the Sportsmen's Show at the Hynes, eat hot dogs, and see all the new tackle and exhibits.

It was fun. It was like everyone came out of hibernation. It was wall to wall people.
Let's not forget seeing Ted Williams too.
All this, all day, for a dollar.

Times have changed.
Many of the people on these forums can't afford the prices of the show and parking combination today.

For some reason the shows out on the west coast are still huge. They draw a ton of folks. Same thing with some of the other east coast shows.

Don't get me wrong, I still enjoy seeing some of the boys at a local show but that aside, I feel like we've been abandoned or we're outcasts on the show circuit.
Times have changed for sure. . . .
Moog