Who...in their right mind...tells their wife about all of the fishing gear that they buy??....
And by the way, I've been following this thread, and I absolutely SUCK at pulling cranks...anyone on here wants someone to buy beer, lunch, and gas in trade for a day on the water teaching me (except I live in NE), I'd consider it! About the only time I troll is when each of my kids brings a friend and there are too many in the boat to BB because of all the tangled up lines. Then it is open your bail, count to 20 close it, and away we go...I know
I did get two Cabelas depthmaster combos with leadcore for Christmas two years ago...used once for a couple hours...
However, I rather enjoy casting ripping raps, chrome blue would get the nod starting out the day.