How much money tied up in fishing gear?

My wife doesn't have an expensive hobby that I can hold over her head and compare to my fishing addiction.

Her interests are in gardening, crocheting, and exercising. Oh, she'll go fishing with me on occasion, but it's getting to be a rare trip these days. But she's a good sport, and is always game to fill a seat on the boat.

I'd hate to think of my wife's reaction to knowing just how much money I have invested in my favorite, habitual pastime. Come to think of it, I don't know myself. So I decided to conduct an inventory of equipment. This would be the first step in calculating how much dough I actually have wrapped up in "stuff." I calculated just a tad on the low side of things, because much of today's latest gear is priced higher than I had to pay originally. But it should still give me an approximate replacement cost as well. Plus, I wasn't sure I wanted to know the answer to my query if it was going to be ugly.Story:

http://www.xploreutah.net/story/how-much-money-tied-fishing-gear

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