Fishing tackle- 2022

[Ranger99]

Man. . .

Looks like fishing tackle has
caught up with everything else
as far as cost, even the
" common man/entry level " stuff.
Haven't looked at wallyworld, but
other places I've perused all
carry "pro" grade tackle and
other gear.  I guess the day
of outfitting from nothing
for twenty some odd is long
gone.  Even Zebco has a hundred
dollar push button spin cast reel.
I don't guess kids will save money
to buy a pack of hooks at Kmart
or Gibson's like when I was young.
Used to be a small dam just up the
road on the major area creek where
we would walk or ride bikes to
fish when I was young. They say
the city demolished it some years
back.

Seems like everything that a person
can do to raise or gather edible things
gets more difficult and expensive
every year

[Bob Riebe]

Yeah  a year or so ago, out of curiosity, I was looking at what spin-cast reels are still out there beyond the still very low price, when adjusted for inflation, from Zebco and some others and saw that Zebco, now offers  heavy duty spin-cast reels, that I thought were history by the eighties, but they cost big bucks.

Not that Shakespeare, who had the only heavy duty one back in the seventies, was cheap, adjusted for inflation, back then, but I was surprised Zebco, or any one still make heavy duty ones.
You can still get a Zebco 202 for 8 bucks and at Wally World a Zebco 202 spin cast combo for 10 bucks, while a Zebco 33, the top line Zebco, 40 some years ago, combination is 24 dollars.

I am surprised though how many spincast reels are still available, as spinning and casting reels are what the pros use.

[darkgael]

I have a half dozen or so “modern” spin cast reels. Two are HD salt water reels that i use sometimes for pier fishing: a Zebco 808 and a Zebco Omega. Big, strong reels.

[Ranger99]

. . You can still get a Zebco 202 for 8 bucks and at Wally World a Zebco 202 spin cast combo for 10 bucks . .

Not in this area
I was by the bad place to pick up
a few misc items, and went by the
fishing stuff
202 combo right at $20 plus tax
No reels to check the price on
A lot of these stores gig you with
an "online only " or "store delivery "
price to keep from having inventory
in stock onsite.

I tried earlier to price a part for one
of the older 33 reels I have.
The representative said that they
don't offer parts for reels that are
older.  Oh well.  . . I have several
Garcia ABU reels that are pretty
old, and last time I checked, I could
buy every part of the reel that I
might want.  I  would imagine that
Zebco suffers from the same
problems of corporate stupidity and
bean counters running the show
that the rest of American companies
suffer from. It all goes back to
us getting away from merit based
hiring and shunning experienced
and qualified workers

[Bob Riebe]

If you want to see how much some people will pay for a vintage reel, much less a new one, go to Ebay, type in "vintage" the reel company of your choice, especially Zebco (Now the Cardinal spinning reels have been high bucks for a long, long time) and make sure it lists highest price item firsts, then go down to sold items (make sure you uncheck "completed items".

The Japanese are insane collectors of any thing, but it is not only the Japanese selling and paying these prices.
Made in America and Sweden bring premium prices.