How many of you have kept items of sentimental value knowing that you'll never use them again ?
I ask as I have a set of Bruce Ashby rods that I caught my first 30s and 40s on that are just sat there doing nothing and most probably will never see the light of day again . I have considered selling them but know I'll regret it
I'm curious as to whether I'm just being an idiot keeping them or if there are plenty of others like me

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I have a loft full of stuff that i keep thinking of selling but cannot be bothered.
all the stuff i have sold in the last few years a i regret to some degree.

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There was a member on here called Ruggles,anyway he gifted me a Mitchell 3.0.0..boomarang check,think version 5 ,late fifties..wont part with that..

Also a original sod pod,mint....given as a present by family,travelled all the way by bus to Exeter angling...the chap who sold it to me was called Hiram,lovely guy...who has now passed on...wont sell that either..

I'm a fishing tackle horder always keep things I'll never use but just might I buy things because there cheap or just for buyings sake it's an illNess it's called being an angler we never have enough rods then we need a reel to go with it and it goes on then we use them once a decade to justify keeping them because all we use is are lucky rod and it starts again lol

Still got the plug I caught my first pike on. I was fishing with Chris Tarrant in the early 80's and it was one of his plugs. I was 11 years old.

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“Still got the plug I caught my first pike on. I was fishing with Chris Tarrant in the early 80's and it was one of his plugs. I was 11 years old.“

Had the same sort of experience fishing with Jimmy Saville, caught a good fish and kept all the tackle. Big difference was that afterwards he let me milk a cow blindfolded

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There was a member on here called Ruggles
Lovely chap Adam, unfortunately he passed away a couple of years ago.

What a collection of things he had built up over the years - worthy investments for his son and daughter

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A true gentleman Ruggles was

I have 2 items of tackle that I take on every trip that I've had since I first started “proper” carp fishing 20 years ago. A Fox Trigger lock landing net that I still use and for some bizarre reason a Fox baiting needle but I don't use that anymore but it's stays in my tackle box

I don't know why I keep the baiting needle but I'd be gutted if I ever lost it. Likewise if my net ever failed. Maybe it's because they are the only 2 surviving items of my original “proper” carping kit

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A really nice guy and full of knowledge

Especially helpful when centrepins were involved

Speaking of which I really should thin the herd a little
Loads of good stuff I don't use but can't be bothered to sell

I've still got the 10ft fibreglass rods my mate gave me so I could carp fish with him. Never going to get used again but I'll never sell them. Had them over 40 years.

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Memory not great but I'm sure I bought a pin off ruggles and went to collect on my bike, spent ages there talking bikes and pins.

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Just like GB
The thing for me is I did sell 2 things I should never have done and instantly regretted it, I only sold my pod to justify buying a new one, but I was probably being realistic saying I'd never use the old 1 again.

It was a Solar Sod pod, converted to remove the boss off the spigot and a small tripost with a hole drilled through the base so you could stick a screwdriver through it to tighten it up to stop it slipping. It took me a year to pay it off from Trafford Anglers on credit and I had it from the early/mid 90"s to around 5 years ago. That pod saw all my personal bests up until 2 years ago. I did contact the Ebay buyer saying if he ever wanted to sell it I'd buy it back. He did get back to me to let me know he'd had a change of mind on his water and it was just gathering dust in his shed :-(

The other was my Fox RX alarms to fund a TXi purchase.

Other than that I've kept nearly all my stuff considering , coarse and Carp, I guess its worth more sentimentally than financially.

My first fishing rod my Dad bought me id imagine about 1972/3 from Woolworths ... I do still use it once a year

He sadly passed away in 2002 and when clearing the house I found it ... Ive posted this before but I got it refurbished with new cork handle and rings etc .... Its fibreglass and so whippy its hilarious

But he passed away in July and since getting it done up every year on the anniversary I take a few hours out the day and go fishing where he first took me when 4 or 5 years old ... No sadness just happy memories of sunny days and coleslaw sandwiches

Its priceless to me that rod .... No idea where the reel has gone though

My old man gave me his Abu Cardinal 33 when I first showed interest in fishing .

Also inherited an EFGCo rod bag.