Looking at the excellent photos people post on various threads from time to time I can’t help but marvel at how clean everyone’s tackle appears to be ! …Pristine gleaming rods with cork handles that look like they have just been unwrapped from the plastic cover they were sold with. Gleaming center pins that literally shine like a new penny and not a spot of dirt or dust on them laid out perfectly alongside some impressive catch or other.
Then I look at my tackle and I just feel embarrassed. My rods & reels are permanently encrusted with so many orrible things that it does not bear thinking about. Most of my nets have holes, my fishing clothes I doubt a tramp would want and other than leaving nets or mats out in the sun to dry I don’t think I have actually “cleaned” an item of tackle in over 2 decades. Wait correction, I did blast my fishing chair with the garden hose once as I dropped it in a mud hole but that’s it !
Am I really the only one with tackle like that ? ….& yes I accept I am only asking this because I am dead jealous !
Then I look at my tackle and I just feel embarrassed. My rods & reels are permanently encrusted with so many orrible things that it does not bear thinking about. Most of my nets have holes, my fishing clothes I doubt a tramp would want and other than leaving nets or mats out in the sun to dry I don’t think I have actually “cleaned” an item of tackle in over 2 decades. Wait correction, I did blast my fishing chair with the garden hose once as I dropped it in a mud hole but that’s it !
Am I really the only one with tackle like that ? ….& yes I accept I am only asking this because I am dead jealous !