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How much $$$ ?
This subject was touched upon earlier in another thread but here goes:
What is ALL your flyfishing related "stuff" worth or how much did all of it cost you. Obviously, if flyfishing is your BUSINESS, never mind.
Just wondering how high is your fever?
If you feel this is a privacy issue,disregard the post.
My " stuff" is probably under $1200 total but soon to be an additional $1800 for Hobie purchase.
Mark
PS: oooopps, + $500, forgot waders and vise.
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I'd rather be in Wyoming!
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I think it is best for me not to consider how much. I might question my sanity. A gear freak can spend alot of money in 40 years of gathering.
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Mark, ...
I won't even do the math.
All our stuff is TRIPLE as we need stuff for me, Mom and Vincent http://www.flyanglersonline.com/bb/smile.gif
Add camping gear, clothes, camp boots, rods, reels, lines, flies for trout and another for salmon, ... pickup truck, canoe, tying stuff, ... heck,
... just the roof rack, cage, tailgate support was over 1000$ cdn http://flyangler.ca/forum/html//emoticons/cry.gif
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Christopher Chin, Jonquiere Quebec
[url=http://flyanglersonline.com/travel/quebec06fishin/:93938]2006 FishIn Ste-Marguerite River[/url:93938]
[url=http://pages.videotron.com/fcch/:93938]Fishing the Ste-Marguerite[/url:93938]
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6 cheapy rods
6 matching cheapy reels
6 assorted lines
12 packs of maxima http://www.flyanglersonline.com/bb/smile.gif
18(rods,lines,reels) * $50(average) = $900
2 vhs-c video cameras
batteries
camera tapes = $650
2 hip waders = $100
1 vest = $50
gadgets(nippers, fly cases, liter, etc) = $60
fly vises = $70
fly tying gear(furs, feathers etc), unknown, safe estimate $1100
Of course these are initial costs, and just rounded estimates, and not current value, I'm sure I'm not into it like most money wise, but I've spent a fair penny on it none the less.
That's a Grand existing total of $2930, modest figures I expect compared to most of you. http://www.flyanglersonline.com/bb/biggrin.gif
Opps, tripod, creel and two small hand nets, add another $100, YEAH!!! I broke $3000 http://www.flyanglersonline.com/bb/smile.gif
later
Mike
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Rough estimate 15,000 Very rough......
I have things I scarcely remember what I paid for...
There was a period of ebay purchases that could only be described as a storm...
Mostly bamboo rods....a few other thing's..Two Hobies...
Dozens of rods..and reels to match most of them...not all high dollar stuff mind you but I have not even touched on fly tying material's,
Rod building material's,Rod kits still floating around here...
That I just don't have the time to commit to...I shudder to think of what's invested in equip....Wader's, Times three pair now...Two pair of wading shoes, Two wading staff's..
Two chest pack's....why two of so much stuff...Take to much band width to answer that... LOL.....
OK I'm getting a Migraine...... http://www.flyanglersonline.com/bb/frown.gif
Why on earth would you ask such a Q Marco....and with the Wife sitting here!!!... http://www.flyanglersonline.com/bb/wink.gif
Can I count this Dell It sure has been a tool for a Hella lot of Purchases,and Info on tying,Fishing, You name it..I'd be lost and still wearing out Cabela's catalog's....
and what of money lost upon selling Canoes,Boat Motors,Jon Boat.... Rod's Ect. Ect.....To sell most fishing stuff you'd lose big time...
Just a side note....I was single for 33 of my soon to be 36 years....all those little gadget's I don't use or carry..Why ask such Q's....Maybe I'm a bigger candidate for the for sale board than I'd like to admit.....
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Bill, ... Lol!!!
Just a note to any newcomers to the sport who are lurking around ... some of us have quite a bit of $$ in equipment, ... but as Bill mentionned, ... it's from YEARS of scrounging, accumulating etc.
Fly fishing can be a really "frugal" sport too. A few wets, an extra spool of tippet material, a nicely balanced rod/reel/line combo, a sunny day and you're all set http://www.flyanglersonline.com/bb/smile.gif
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Christopher Chin, Jonquiere Quebec
[url=http://flyanglersonline.com/travel/quebec06fishin/:ec006]2006 FishIn Ste-Marguerite River[/url:ec006]
[url=http://pages.videotron.com/fcch/:ec006]Fishing the Ste-Marguerite[/url:ec006]
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I probably have $4,000 - $5,000 of stuff, including a kayak. Mostly I have mid-range equipment and some of it you could call cheap.
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DH easily has $1,000 in equipment. The kids probably have a hundred or so each tied up. I have something in-between. I'm the family's flytier (although the kids are starting to tie their own--which can be interesting at times), and there's a very dangerous store where I can't resist getting a different color thread, wire, etc. when we visit. Getting out of the store for $10 is a good day. $30 seems to be the average this year. I'm not going to estimate what is in my bench. That's like asking me how much my genealogy hobby costs... The thing I treasure most is my dad's old metal tackle box. He had that since the 50s or 60s. As the commercial goes: priceless.
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Hey Mark,
Interesting question. I never really thought about it. Probably about $1,000.00 and growing.
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Eric "nighthawk"
American veteran and proud of it!
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Too painful to contemplate...especially fly tying materials that I bought thinking, "Well, I might as well buy this now, because Im going to need it someday and its probably a lifetime supply...etc." The accessories can kill 'ya too!