Today was the day the 2011 Bass Pro Shops Master Catalog 2011 arrived at my door.I can still remember the wonder I had in receiving my first Bass Pro Shops Catalog back in the early 80's. On one of the fishing shows I watched there was a 1-800 number given to order the catalog and after seeing the add many times I finally called. I think I was in 5th or 6th grade at the time and it took me a while but I finally called and when the catalog arrived boy was I glad I did. Back in those days tackle stores, at least in MN, were much smaller than they are now. The Bass Pro Shops Catalog had hundred's of fishing items I'd never seen before. It was all so wonderful, the gateway drug to my tackle addiction.
Another thing I also love about Bass Pro Shops Catalogs is their historical value as through the years each catalog documents the evolution, and fads and fashions that take place with bass fishing tackle. From time to time I look through my collection of catalogs past to go back and remember the way things were.
Thank You Bass Pro Shops!!!
3 comments:
I remember getting those catalogs as a kid and just drooling over all the stuff in it. I never talked my folks into buying me too much of the stuff so that's probably why I'm such a tackle addict now.
Got mine yesterday. Glad to see some of the stuff, but I think the internet has ruined some of the glory. I think I had already seen everything in there somewhere online. Still fun to see who made the cut and are in the big book.
No doubt the Internet has "ruined some of the glory". But I don't really care for the way the Bass Pro Shops website is set up. I don't think it is browsing friendly like Tackle Warehouse. Usually when I use the BPS site I have Googled something specific to look at customer reviews.
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