Dad took me fishing one time, a spot that was only two miles from the house.The Northerns were biting and they were catching some huge fish with about every other cast.I had several days to get ready for the outing but when we got there I came to find out I only had about 10 yrds of line on my pole, not enough to cast with.

I sat and watched the other guys fish all day, dad coulda easily drove me the 2 miles back to the house for new line but he didnt.I was pretty pissed off at the time.But I never forgot the double check my gear again before heading out.To this day I keep a extra spool of line in my tackle box.