piper,
Thats too funny!I use to do the same thing.I own the old brown plano tackle box I use to raid as a kid now.Most of the tackle in the box sits just as I remember it when I use to steel stuff out of it trying to keep dad from noticing.

Dad just retired a couple of months back and now he wants to get back into fishing.He was wondering what he needed.I started laughing so hard.

Pure irony as I assured him I had everything he needed!

As a kid it was a leader pack a hook and some bait.Uesd to hike Chico,barkers and mosher creeks in search of trout.I used to come home with some fair sized cutties.Dad could never believe that I would catch them out of such small creeks.As I got a little older it was salmon fishing from Illahee state park with spoons.Surecatch probably remebers Value Giant.They got all my allowance and small job money as a kid.It was never a toss up though straight to the fishing camping section.I guess there was the Astroid game though...