Wes, a quick browse through a catalog from a supplier like Cabelas here:
Top competition series, RU 520-100 (Bait rod) 545.95 Euro Shimano RL220-400FA reel, 266 Euro Berley Foreline 300 yards, 40 Euro Seat with integrated drawer to store your dobber 669 Euro
Add some umbreallas, clothing, ......
Stuff is designed to fish with maggots. Snobs fish with maggots?
Rene
Wes Wada schrieb:
from a thread on the Westfly.com Oregon board titled:
"How did we get such a bad rep?"
which is discussing why some bait and gear fishers think flyfishers are snobs.
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Just a quick browse through the Cabela's catalog:
Sage SLT rod - $535 Sage 3000 reel - $320 Line and backing - $60
So $915 in your hand but a lot of opportunity to spend more.
Simms GORE-TEX waders - $200 Simms Guide Boot - $140 Simms Guide Vest - $150 T3 Tilley hat - $55 Action Optics Glasses - $150 A net gets you over $700 and we have not put anything in the vest yet.
I'll use myself as an example here:
-3 fly boxes - mine are the $8 foam kind but lets go with the C&F Waterproof fly box - 3x40 = $120
-conservative guess - 100 flies per box - about $400 if you buy them from Cabela's closer to $600 in your local shop
-waterproof disposable camera but lets go with a nice little digital at $200
-GPS unit (just cause) $150
-leaders, floatant, ... - $50
Grand total of $2570
Yes, you can do it for a lot less and most of us do (I just bought a Cabela's stowaway rod/reel/line combo for $120 for instance) but a lot of guys spend much more that the $2570 outlined above.
To the guy on the bank with a bucket of worms and a zebco the guy above is a snob.
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