Monkey Came Out of Nowhere!

[BigBassin144]

So I was at Cabela's yesterday evening and had a minute to kill so I headed over to the bargain cave (where I've personally never had any success in finding a good deal).

Right off the bat, I saw three Steez rods on the rack. Brand new, they're just not carrying that model anymore. I new right then, even if it wasn't a Steez, I was probably going home with something.

Found a Dobyns Champion 703 SF. Used, and kind of beat up. I might have gone for it if it was a ML rod and not a M.

After looking over a couple Crucials (the new ones feel great and a ML dropshot rod was tempting for $100). I spied a rod I've never seen at a Cabela's. A Falcon.

Upon closer inspection, it was a Falcon Cara Micro Amistad (7'3" H F). A new rod, with one micro guide broken. Easy fix, $16-18 bucks max from Jann's Netcraft. A quick look over the rod and the price tag, and a few texts to a fellow BF.com member later, I was on my way to the checkout with my first Falcon and first micro guide rod.

The damage? About $115 after tax from $250 retail. Turns out, the guide was only a couple bucks, so even after the repair, I'm looking at about 50% off retail. The monkey caught me off guard and succeeded in lightening my wallet when I had been doing so good fending him off since last summer.

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