Anybody Else Getting Psyched Up For The 09 Season?

[Steverino]

Hey folks,

It's been awhile since anyone posted here in the fishing forums so I thought that I'd get this area a little kick-started as I stare out my window here at work on my lunch hour, at the frigid pond across the street in my industrial park.

I have built up a nice arsenal of fish hunting tools over time by acquiring a quality pice of equipment each year, as I am able.

This year I picked up a new Abu Garcia Revo Toro reel with the 5:4:1 high capacity 250 yard spool for my muskie fishing. I normally don't buy anything it's first year out of the gate but I needed another heavy duty reel, like the Revo line on some of my other outfits, and could simply not find another reel that suited my needs (have had my share of problems with Shimano)
After the holidays, I stumbled unto a fortuitous fluke in the form of a Cabelas 7'6 muskie rod that I picked up for 1/2 off stopping into one of their Bargain Cave departments at a store in my area. When I picked the rod up and saw the pricetag, I immediately began searching for a repaired tip, cracked handle, etc, but it was perfect. I asked a sales associate and after rubbi ng his forehead-rather bewildered himself, said that the price was in fact correct. On my way to the cash register, I swung by the fishing department to confirm my suspicions and sure as heck, the same exact fishing rof was slightly more than double the cost. The rod carries a 15 year no questions asked warranty so I didn't hesitate.

It will be nice to get out on the water again. I need to haul my tackleboxes out of the boat and clean, organize, and change split-rings and sharpen hooks at some point in between remodeling my basement oh and keeping Wifey-poo sated with her own honey-do lists.
Warm weather cannot come soon enough!