SaltyBuckster
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I've had this little story going through my head for years now,Fatman brought it up again with a comment of whether I could tie a hand whip finish that could'nt be seen,lol.That just got me thinking of this story all over again and laughing my as- off.
It goes like this:
Everytime I watch tv on a Sunday morning and see the In Fisherman or Cabelas Handbook or something like that and see the commercial of the guy catching the bass with Gulp and he throws him back and the two fish are down there talking about it,lol.I think about us guys making jigs.You see fancy jigs,realistic looking jigs,very colorfull jigs,drab looking jigs,jigs with eyes,jigs without eyes,the fancy jig with the painted eyes,hair jigs,feather jigs,rubber jigs,floating jigs,tiny little jigs,giant monsterous jigs,every kind of jig that is humanly possible to hand make.
Just think if we go fishing with our handmade jigs if the fish down there are waiting for us to come.They get mad when we don't come because it ruins thier plans for the day.Just as we get mad because for some reason we can't make it there also.They sit and wait and can hear the motor from the boat start up at the dock.Right then,a group of them get together and make a bet of what was going to be thrown at them today.Ker Plunk,here comes a pink and white one with some stick on eyes,with fingernail polish smeared all over it to hold it on.They sit and look at it and one of them says,Look at that whip finish knot sticking out of his neck,I'm not going to eat it,George your up,see if it's real,go nudge it a little.Grab some of that flashabou that is a little long following behind it,lol.He goes and takes a chomp on the rear,the bucktail is'nt tied to very tight and the fish goes back to his buddies with a mouthfull of grey flashabou and some bucktail hairs in his mouth.The guy in the boat is so very proud that he got a bite on his handmade jig that he fishes it for two weeks straight.Little does he know that the fish are down there laughing at him and following him around because they know that it is safe being by his boat,Ha.
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It goes like this:
Everytime I watch tv on a Sunday morning and see the In Fisherman or Cabelas Handbook or something like that and see the commercial of the guy catching the bass with Gulp and he throws him back and the two fish are down there talking about it,lol.I think about us guys making jigs.You see fancy jigs,realistic looking jigs,very colorfull jigs,drab looking jigs,jigs with eyes,jigs without eyes,the fancy jig with the painted eyes,hair jigs,feather jigs,rubber jigs,floating jigs,tiny little jigs,giant monsterous jigs,every kind of jig that is humanly possible to hand make.
Just think if we go fishing with our handmade jigs if the fish down there are waiting for us to come.They get mad when we don't come because it ruins thier plans for the day.Just as we get mad because for some reason we can't make it there also.They sit and wait and can hear the motor from the boat start up at the dock.Right then,a group of them get together and make a bet of what was going to be thrown at them today.Ker Plunk,here comes a pink and white one with some stick on eyes,with fingernail polish smeared all over it to hold it on.They sit and look at it and one of them says,Look at that whip finish knot sticking out of his neck,I'm not going to eat it,George your up,see if it's real,go nudge it a little.Grab some of that flashabou that is a little long following behind it,lol.He goes and takes a chomp on the rear,the bucktail is'nt tied to very tight and the fish goes back to his buddies with a mouthfull of grey flashabou and some bucktail hairs in his mouth.The guy in the boat is so very proud that he got a bite on his handmade jig that he fishes it for two weeks straight.Little does he know that the fish are down there laughing at him and following him around because they know that it is safe being by his boat,Ha.
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