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Old 06-27-2007, 11:57 AM   #1
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No bags at Spag's..................

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Old 06-27-2007, 12:24 PM   #2
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Used to go there after hockey at the Northstar Arena in Westboro. My father got me my first saltwater rod & reel there. Still have the 704z and the rod! LOVED going there.

The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope. ~John Buchan
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Old 06-27-2007, 03:38 PM   #3
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No bags at Spag's..................

no bags at BJ's whole either Swimmer...they just recycle their cardboard
boxes for the customer to carry stuff in.... on the way out....

yeah i used to by alot of fishing gear their just before the old man passed.
after that it started to retrograde.
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Old 06-27-2007, 05:53 PM   #4
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It's being razed. to be small businesses and condos.
Really a mercy killing at this point.
I'll always remember the original store and how packed it was with quality goods for the best prices around.
Flap, you're right the regular guy couldn't have gotten by without Spag's. His pricing spoiled me for life. That tiny store had it all, food, tools ,paint ,work clothes, fishing gear and more at the cheapest price around.
And the boss could be seen prowling the aisles.

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Old 06-27-2007, 07:30 PM   #5
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one thing though

that I HATED about spags...

not in the store...

was that BIG friggan white painted rock
in the parking lot on the corner

one day i take off in my ford van.. turning

i'm up high so i can't see the thing even though

it weighed 500 pounds or more

and i crunched the whole side of my van body on that sucka

what a beotch that was.... i was so pissed....
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Old 06-27-2007, 08:24 PM   #6
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Moved up from Jersey 20 years ago and was an immediate Spags fan - going up and down the ramps - placed was always packed. I wonder who got the huge Reliable Lure Co plug that was hanging over the fishing dept. I have been eye-balling that thing the last few years just knowing that it would be disappearing. Just bought a $39 wetsuit there this week - probably my last purchase in the big old building.
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