So wait... all of the time I spend standing around with family & friends drinking beer and eating the spoils of the day, BSing about gear, guns, and tactics and what's next......... could...... be ....... considered.... a.... tupperware party?! I don't think I'd want someone trying to sell me stuff there though... I do a good enough job spending money on it all as it is.

Nah. Those things are a racket and honestly make me uncomfortable. I wouldn't want to put anyone else through it either.

Sounds like a good reason for a get-togther for some, just don't invite me.

Just be my luck if I went to one of those parties that the only tackle items for sale would be the banjo minnow and the Popeil pocket fisherman. Of course the beer would not be my brand either and I would wake up the next morning hugging a cardboard cut-out of one of the good looking website ladies. So would I attend one of those type parties......... heck yes!

I have been to fishing swap meets (OK first one this year, it was new to me too) that is something like a tupperware party, without the tupperware and without the babes and beer. A local volunteer fire company rents their hall to an an outdoor group (local trout stream restoration guys) who sells tickets and chances to make a few bucks. The swap meet is stocked with local vendors going out of business, local guys who make jigs in their basement, local fly tiers, local guys who make their own creature lures and guys looking to sell their excess rods, home made muskie lure makers and some just junk. And get some hot dogs and soda. Great way to waste a winter weekend afternoon and score a few deals (and sometimes not so good deals) and help a good cause at the same time.

All kidding aside, I hate any of those kinds of "parties". I feel obliged to buy something,despite the claim that I don't, and I resent that.