Sorry you're so wrong Hank. Of course I have all the fishing gear I'll ever need. But I might buy some more just cuz, and helping out the economy of course. Never bought anything at Dicks, but did a walk through last year when a new one opened up in town. And determined there's nothing there that I either need or want. I shopped at Bass Pro twice last year because they had the right size and color of beads for tying chironomid fly patterns that the local fly shops didn't have in stock.

Haven't bought a fly reel from a fly shop in 25 years. I mainly add to my collection from NOS sales of classic models in the interwebz and fishing site classifieds. It's hard to resist a good deal, which is why my salmon tackle box has two unused level winds in case one of the in-service reels ever craps out.

It amazed me to find such good deals on barely used fishing gear until I realized that I have so much that some day some guy(s) will get really good deals on my barely used and used gear when I kick the bucket.

I never buy ascots. Stam supplies those.