You see, no matter how much stuff you have for fishing, there's always more stuff you need. There's always new great stuff that you absolutely have to have, even though you didn't know you needed it before you saw it in a catalog. Fishermen spend hours poring over catalogs to find new stuff they can't possible get along without. It's wonderful!
A sad aside to the STP's dip in the lake is the loss of his fishing stuff. (Which was in a bucket and is now on the bottom of the lake.) A happy by-product of said loss is the joy of replacing his fishing stuff. Two weekends ago he managed to visit Cabelas, Scheel's, and Big Bear in a search to find ice fishing rods. (Which should have been on sale since it is so close to the end of ice fishing season.) ((As evidenced by the ice which allowed the STP to drop through it.)) The STP reported that they did not have what he needed, so he only spent $75.00. Meanwhile, though, his fishing buddies have shown up with fishing stuff. A new fishing vest. An 'extra' rod. An ice fishing chair. And a brand new ice fishing rod which they happened to find on sale. I believe the exact words were, "They were practically giving it away." Which made me wonder if they were giving them away, why didn't he get more than one?
I thought at first this might be a guy way of reaffirming the STP. Instead of hugging and crying to express their pleasure that the STP did not die in the lake, they find it easier to give him manly gifts of fishing stuff. But then I rethought it. And I think it is more likely that it is a good excuse to buy fishing stuff. Stuff they don't have to take home or justify the purchase to their wives.
Because there are some wives who don't understand that you can never have enough fishing stuff.
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