"rw" wrote in message
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When is the last time you ever skimped on a rod and reel?


Define skimped.

The last two factory rods I bought were almost two years ago. One was a
close out. It cost under $400 while it's new replacement model cost over
$600. The second was a rod I had been coveting for sometime but would never
spend the $$ on. I made a decision to go the used route while it was
available new saving three hundred dollars. The last reels I bought to go
with said rods was a Ross CLA's, good reels for the money but much less than
the Evolutions, Hardy's or Abel I would normally go with. Oh yea, I have a 5
wt that I love to fish dry flies and emergers with a Cortland dt sylk but I
suck with that combo trying to cast a big assed streamer. So instead of
buying a new reel like I used to do, I ordered a spare spool. But I did not
skimp on the line g (Rio Nymph taper).

So I guess you can say I skimped on those.