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Article: Trout Bums at Large -- Get in Gear by Replacing Old Gear
- Article from:
- Yakima Herald-Republic
- Article date:
- March 29, 2001
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Well, trout bums, we fished through another winter season. This
was a particularly fine one, great fun, but now that spring is here
it's time to get serious. This is the time of year when we need to
spend money on new gear.
I come from the "Trash it and get more" school of fishing gear.
Trout bums look for performance and efficiency in the gear they use.
Fly-fishing gear is expensive: What do we need, what's good? The
catalogs are piling up next to the bed; the pressure is on. No
worries, I'm here to help. What follows are some questions the Trout
Bums have received in our mail. (Or, perhaps, in our imagination.)
Dear Trout Bum: My 54-year-old husband will be retiring next
month and I want ...