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For years I have built my own rods, and every now and again I will build one for very close friends. I am finishing one up right now and I met a friend this morning to get a tip guide. As we talked about the rod he asked what kind of reel was I going to put on it, and I told him, and we had a really neat confersation about the quality of sporting goods we choose, when it comes to fishing tackle and hunting supplies. Neither of us are wealthy people, but both of us agreed that we can justify Finest Quality we can save up forin both fishing and hunting equiptment, and if something cost more than we had that both of us would choose to keep on saving and do without until we could get what we wanted. I have not always felt this way, and I have bought many reels that I was not satified with and later wished I would have saved more and waited to get what I really would have liked to have, and that is what I do now, and my friend admitted doing as well. The added pleasure I get from fishing with high quality tackle adds value to my experience, and that goes for hunting equiptment as well. Using gear that you have no doubt about and is a pleasure to use holds quite a value to me, and I have the tedancey to look at the cost as broken down by the number of cast that I will make with a great reel is only pennies per cast and I enjoy each cast well more than the cost when it is looked at that way. Some things may not be the most expensive of their kind either, for example an Islander fly reel is not by far the most expensive fly reel, but it is of very high quality, and the outgoing drag is a sound no other reel will ever be able to make, I love that reel. I have wondered about how other people felt about this topic before and I have never had a conversation about it until this morning.
How do you guys think about the level of Quality vs. Value in your fishing and hunting stuff?
How do you guys think about the level of Quality vs. Value in your fishing and hunting stuff?