8-26 SS Hooked on Toys

 Just because your big doesn’t mean you can’t think little. Peter Flohr works in the fishing department, selling everything any fisherman needs in what is probably Central  Washington’s largest outdoor store: Hooked on Toys in Wenatchee, Washington. They may be huge, but Peter has an attitude that would go a long with being a tiny mom and pop operation. Just listen. ” You walk in and you have never fished before and want to learn how to, I will put everything together for you so you can walk out the door, get to where you’re going, bait the hook, throw it, and catch fish. We try a lot of custom leaders, can special order stuff if you are after it, it is a truly hands on store. If I walk in, I won’t be intimidated to ask you give me some help by really new at this? I hope you’re not intimidated to ask that, I answer that question at least 10 times a day. We look at it as though part of our job is getting people into fishing. We will talk to you and figure out where you are and steer you in the right direct. Some people I say look, you fish twice a year. You are going to be money ahead to go with one of these guides because you want to catch fish. Other people want to do it themselves. If you walk in and say I bought a boat and I want to outfit it and I’ve never bought gear or fished for salmon in the Columbia, can you help me out, I’ll meet you at 5 o’clock in the morning, make that 4 o’clock, and go fishing with you for 4 hours and then go to work. I do that all the time I probably finish on 12 different boats the year.