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Uncle Russ · 04-02-2008, 05:11 PM

Crap, MrBill, some of you guys actually have an real excuse for buying all that crap--at least you occasionally fish.

Actually, some really snazzy named rods masquerade as "Smiths". Another rod I forgot to mention that used to make me quivery all over is the Smith "Komodo Dragon." Jeez. I kept trying to buy one and Randy kept telling me it was not the rod for me--damned near refused to let me have one. Seems that I live over 7,000 miles from the nearest Giant Trevally. Details, details--truth is that I just wanted one. Anyhow, I held off and am no doubt the better for it. Takes a lot of character not to sell some raving yahoo like me something he doesn't need--and that is what I appreciate about folks like Anglers Pro Shop and OTI--back when I was drinking too much the folks at the liquor stores never cut me off.

I did buy a couple of the "Fisherman Long Pen Poppers" which cost half a hundred each (did I mention without hooks?) and look like something you would use to artifically inseminate a Clydesdale. So I rigged one of them up with Owner 76 4/0 trebles tied to the end of 80 pound braid and 130 pound flouro on a Calstar 700XH (didn't have the Souls yet) and a Twinspin with the drag cranked up to about 45 pounds, and took them on a private charter with Captain Eddie out of Venice. Captain Eddie pretty much laughed the whole rig off his boat, advised me to tie on a Tuna Hunter Jr. and then laughingly reset the drag to about 20 pounds by hand. And it worked. gimmedeal caught a yellowfin on the rig. Personally, I could have done it myself, but I was saving my first popper-caught fish for (you guessed it) the Souls Saltwater Finalist True Excaliber XXHS.

So anyway, thanks for including me in the Blue Butt Tackle Society...oh, wait!

Russ

04-02-2008, 05:11 PM	#3 (permalink)
Uncle Russ Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,143	Crap, MrBill, some of you guys actually have an real excuse for buying all that crap--at least you occasionally fish. Actually, some really snazzy named rods masquerade as "Smiths". Another rod I forgot to mention that used to make me quivery all over is the Smith "Komodo Dragon." Jeez. I kept trying to buy one and Randy kept telling me it was not the rod for me--damned near refused to let me have one. Seems that I live over 7,000 miles from the nearest Giant Trevally. Details, details--truth is that I just wanted one. Anyhow, I held off and am no doubt the better for it. Takes a lot of character not to sell some raving yahoo like me something he doesn't need--and that is what I appreciate about folks like Anglers Pro Shop and OTI--back when I was drinking too much the folks at the liquor stores never cut me off. I did buy a couple of the "Fisherman Long Pen Poppers" which cost half a hundred each (did I mention without hooks?) and look like something you would use to artifically inseminate a Clydesdale. So I rigged one of them up with Owner 76 4/0 trebles tied to the end of 80 pound braid and 130 pound flouro on a Calstar 700XH (didn't have the Souls yet) and a Twinspin with the drag cranked up to about 45 pounds, and took them on a private charter with Captain Eddie out of Venice. Captain Eddie pretty much laughed the whole rig off his boat, advised me to tie on a Tuna Hunter Jr. and then laughingly reset the drag to about 20 pounds by hand. And it worked. gimmedeal caught a yellowfin on the rig. Personally, I could have done it myself, but I was saving my first popper-caught fish for (you guessed it) the Souls Saltwater Finalist True Excaliber XXHS. So anyway, thanks for including me in the Blue Butt Tackle Society...oh, wait! Russ __________________ "Tschirhart: Helluva deal. You bait the hooks--I catch the fish!--Grimm." Last edited by Uncle Russ : 04-02-2008 at 05:16 PM.