Remember When $50 Was Expensive For A Fishing Reel ????

[FWS]

When a new Garcia Ambassadeur 5500 was $45 or so, and a Penn Squidder or Jigmaster was $50 new in the box.

Now it's $200+ for the starting point of reels that can handle heavy use in a saltwater environment for any length of time. 

[trappincoyotes39]

Many bass guys will drop 400+ on a rod and reel and have multiple ones with different gear ratios matched to what style bait they are throwing.

Crazy if you ask me.