I think I was about 12 or 13 when that place first opened and I remember that the guy who owned it was buying used reels for parts. I grew up well under the poverty line and my parents werent very supportive of my outdoors enthusiasim so my fishing gear was pretty junky. I had a box full of absolute garbage reels that I had been canabalizing to try and keep a working reel on my rod and and it just wasnt happening. I called him up and told him I had some busted reels for him and I needed some money for a new reel. That guy drove all the way out to Millet on a sunday night, asked me how much I needed and then gave me 40 bucks so I could get a new reel even though the box of reels was probably worth less than what he spent on gas driving there. I'll never forget that, heck of a guy.
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