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Let's have some fun ![[Razz]](images/icons/tongue.gif) .
Everything you eat on a Saturday tastes like roe or sand shrimp.
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greg
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Your finger tips, rod handles, and the front of all your jeans are stained pink...
Greg
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Steelhead are where you find them!
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The last joints on your index fingers and thumbs are slashed, swollen and infected . . . and you don't really mind because it means you caught a few fish the last weekend
You convince yourself that your 1 set of capilene undergarments revert to "clean" if hung up to dry each night (despite your nose telling you otherwise when you put them on)
You hear the weatherman forecast rain after a dry spell and it makes your day
After pre-tying more rigs than you could reasonably use in 3 seasons, you are reduced to partially opening individual split shot with needle nosed pliers for something to do.
You don't sleep very well . . . if at all . . . the night before you're going fishing
You forget to eat or drink for up to eight hours at a stretch if the fishing is good
You drop a $500 digital video camera in the river, and after 10 seconds of cussing you go back to fishing without giving it another thought . . . till the end of the day.
If the fish are biting, you'll stay out till it's so dark you have no reasonable hope of finding your way back up the trail without a flashlight.
. . . you spend too much time on Steelheader.Net
PS I guess the one that really sets me aside in the "Fishing Nut with Tolerant Wife" sweepstakes is that our marital bed is a canopy bed. Except that four years ago we took off the canopy because of dust/ dust mites. Seemed a shame to have that lattice work overhead with nothing on it, so I put a few rods and rod tubes overhead . . . 23 in all . . . quite a few for saltwater of course . . . but it was a sight that caused non-fishing friends to burst into laughter when they saw the bed. "So THAT'S what gets him in the mood?" they'd roar. My wife would say, "Yeah. The mood for FISHING."
[ 02-25-2002, 02:32 AM: Message edited by: Snagly ]
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There's two types of anglers who fish fall steelhead on the Skeena and its tribs: thems thats got a spoon tied on, and thems that thinks that they should be usin' a spoon.
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you tow your sled or driftboat in the snow and people look at you like your nuts.
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your eggs get higher billing in the freezer than a tbone.
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When you read all these comment,s and have a hard time coming up with things cause what you were thinking was already said.
When you look for a house, the first priority, is: distance to river/water.
(Room) for fishing gear/and walls for displaying fish pics/etc
Think of how to build a fish tank for steelhead, in your house, to watch and observe steelhead behaviour, keeping in mind the second salt water tank, for the same reason.
Staying up all hours of the night to read info on steelheader.net
When the news to you means : fishing reports/levels.
When your yearly vacation is based around fishing, and family, in that order.
Okay enough...........
Woodsy Wayne
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when your wife ask you where her scissors are and the first place you look is the bait box.
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You tell yourself and your fishing partner that the fish still need to swim up that chocolate brown river. "Oh yeah, their sense of smell is phenomenal...no matter how muddy the water!" "And I like the fact that we own the whole river to ourselves!"
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You call in sick on Monday after fishing four days of the three-day weekend without a bite because you know they'll be running any day now and in any case you need to put in your time on the river.
You build a fantastic web site devoted to steelhead and then stay up nights thinking of subjects like rock hounding and off road vehicles for other forums in hopes of convincing yourself and others that there is something more to life.
You really believe that the colder, windier and wetter the weather the better your chances of catching a steelhead.
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Why are wild fish made of meat?
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You call your new grilfried to cancell a date cause your fishing partner limited today an wants you to go tomarrow
You own three boats
the last house you bought you put in a room to hold your gear
You finish a job and tell your boss to call you back to work at the end of the Winter run ect ect ect
Went 2 for 2 this afternoon
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All of your surfing friends, all of your windsurfing friends, all of your pool-playing friends, all of your biking friends, etc all ask "Where have you been? We haven't seen you since December."
All of your fishing friends call you "slayer."
Your boss (or your spouse) catches you more than three times a day checking out this Steelheader.net discussion board! ![[Big Grin]](images/icons/grin.gif)
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Why aren't you fishing right now?
[url=http://www.wave.net/upg/cweinert/index.html]http://www.wave.net/upg/cweinert/index.html[/url]
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Rocket Red
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The word "Hoh" conjures up thoughts of a beautiful river with big fish, not your ex-girlfriend.
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Rocket Red
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You have lost more than 50 pairs of pliers in your life.
When on vacation you change the line on your reel more than you change your underwear.
You’ll fish in the rain/snow for 10 hours a day, but won’t take the garbage out because “its rainin!’”
If you fall when walking with your rod, you turn and take bodily damage to protect your rod/reel.
You laugh when you hear the words “bass” and “sportfish” in the same sentence.
You have hundreds of pictures of fish lying in the shallows with your trusty old rod lying next to it. The pictures mean a great deal to you, but everybody else asks “Who wants to see a picture of a fish?”
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Ii'll add to Rocket Red's slip. You fall into the ice cold Hoh just past the rock garden and swim one handed so you don't lose your rod.
Yes, most above answers ring true. When dating, you ask fly/conventional instead of religious/non religious. You have various fishing items strewn around the house as "decor" that also douulbes as actual fishing gear at a moments notice. You have rods/flies/jigs/spinners/rags in various stages of production on the kitchen tablle, desk, bedroom, etc. When scouting out family vacations you check oout fishing opportunities in said location. You keep delaying leaving a hole, until you realize you have 3 hours of a float to the takeout and only an hour of light left. You have your eggs stored in freezer by date put up, and for what style fishing you cured them for (drfit fishing, plunking, etc). You show your prized lures/rods like you would pictures of your kids. You knealt on one knee cradling your newborn baby like aprized stelhead when the tok the piicture. You named your first born any of the steelhead slang terms (Ike, O Mykiss, etc). You'l puut of paying a bill because you need supplies for an upcoming fishing trip. You have a groove iin your front teeth from where you snip line with your teeth.
HMMMM, not ssue if thtas it, but it' a start.
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Ii'll add to Rocket Red's slip. You fall into the ice cold Hoh just past the rock garden and swim one handed so you don't lose your rod.
Yes, most above answers ring true. When dating, you ask fly/conventional instead of religious/non religious. You have various fishing items strewn around the house as "decor" that also douulbes as actual fishing gear at a moments notice. You have rods/flies/jigs/spinners/rags in various stages of production on the kitchen tablle, desk, bedroom, etc. When scouting out family vacations you check oout fishing opportunities in said location. You keep delaying leaving a hole, until you realize you have 3 hours of a float to the takeout and only an hour of light left. You have your eggs stored in freezer by date put up, and for what style fishing you cured them for (drfit fishing, plunking, etc). You show your prized lures/rods like you would pictures of your kids. You knealt on one knee cradling your newborn baby like aprized stelhead when the tok the piicture. You named your first born any of the steelhead slang terms (Ike, O Mykiss, etc). You'l puut of paying a bill because you need supplies for an upcoming fishing trip. You have a groove iin your front teeth from where you snip line with your teeth.
HMMMM, not ssue if thtas it, but it' a start.
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TEAM JACKSON BALDWIN
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The missing scissors definately applies to me, but it's more like "Where are ALL my scissors" and "Your not going to ruin another pair of my scissors."
Gill cut fingers? Hate that.
You have your own smoke shack for year round smoke'in!!
Your home has fish pics and art everywhere.
Your wife doesn't want to take any more pics with you and a fish because there is too many of them and they all look the same to her.
You can't sleep at night because of stress, thoughts, etc., so you rely on the old proven technique of thinking about fishing to lull you asleep.
Money is no object when it comes to fishing.
Here's a bad one: You get pissed off if you don't catch a fish. (When that happens, take some time off and seriously change that 'tude.)
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Killins my business and business is goood.
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Half buzzed is just a waste of money.
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"Come, follow me," Jesus said, "and I will make you fishers of men." Matthew 4:19, New Internation Version
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You have a rod and reel that cost more then your wifes wedding ring....
Don't tell her I said that ![[Female King Swimming]](graemlins/hen kingswim.GIF)
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You will erect a shrine for the guy who invents waders with a zipper.
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You get busted at work for being on the internet and its not some porn site it's Steelheader.net.
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It's good to have friends.
It's better to have friends with boats!
**GutZ**
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Rocket Red
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You would make an 80 mile round-trip drive at midnight on Friday because you realize you left your lucky hooded sweatshirt at a buddies’ house.
You had a good day of fishing (and you think tomorrow will be better) so you take off your wedding ring in the car and tell your wife you lost it on the river and would have to go find it tomorrow. Might as well fish a little after you look.
Is that bad?
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90% of your phone calls are friends checking in
giving/getting fishing reports.
the other 10% is your spouse
Your planning your next fishing trip on the drive home from the one your on.
Going out at night means going to sportco.
going shopping means going to sportco.
Your needs change,I don't need new shoes (the ones w/ holes in them) I NEED a new rod.
Your family plans events around your fishing schedule.
You park the boat in the garage instead of the new truck.
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You don't catch fish, fishing catches you
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You are more preoccuppied with fishing than with sex. (Maybe I'm just showing my age ![[Wink]](images/icons/wink.gif) )
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Thanks guys what a great thread! I agree a 100% with all of you. Im glad Im not the only one with fish on the brain. Thanks for the laugh. I had a hard day. ![[Smile]](images/icons/smile.gif)
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You buy extra of everything for fishing so you can share with buddies. Then realize you can't part with any because you won't have enough if they discontinue them...
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OK, a few more here:
1. On a winter trip you go (not really) a whole day without peeing, though the last couple of hours are touch-and-go (and there's a sprint up the ramp at the take-out)
2. When you're eating your cold bagged lunch, you think about ways in which you could choke the food down faster so you can get back to fishing.
3. Whenever you walk into a store -- ANY store, even Blockbuster or Starbucks -- the first thing on your mind is "Is there anything in here that can help me catch more fish?"
4. You don't want to risk scratching the lenses on your fishing sunglasses, so for every day driving and wearing (i.e., 95% of your life) you wear something cheaper.
5. You own 6 pairs of toenail clippers, 5 rolls of vinyl electrical tape, 4 pairs of small ultra sharp scissors, 3 tubes of super glue, 2 spare tip tops . . . and if you're not careful you'll stuff every last one of them into your fishing vest in dribs and drabs as you spread your pre-packing over several days.
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There's two types of anglers who fish fall steelhead on the Skeena and its tribs: thems thats got a spoon tied on, and thems that thinks that they should be usin' a spoon.
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When you have to match the sink rate of your lead and slinkies to the buoyancy of your corkies and floats so as not to drowned if taken to the water in your fishing vest...
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Leaky waders
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Rocket Red
I am worn out lookin, great topic, best I have seen for month,s nice job!!(1 more)
When you start a new business, and think of rain days too ..paint, ..get business license, ..bank account etc, ...talk too all the locals to find the best fishin holes(priority) did both be in business by the first and...will do vinyl lettering for any interested..
Graet topic/again RR
Woodsy Wayne
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Fishermans Prayer: G-d grant that I may fish until my dying day, and when it comes to my last cast I then most humbly pray, When in the the lord's safe landing net I'm peacefully asleep, that in his mercy I be judged as big enough to keep
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while fishing with your wife and you land a nice fish. and when your done your wife looks jealous and you ask why. she said its because you kept calling it baby "her pet name" and you were kinda moning and when you landed it you let out a big " oh baby".
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This is soooo bad, You send your wife to the Netherlands so that you get 10 days of fishing no questions.
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Fish on!
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You don't mind filling the thermos with gas station coffee when filling the rig at 5 AM
John
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