JohnF

Ya forgot about us all coveting overpowered hydroplanes in the guise of fishing platforms. JF

Bet ya switch to a 3" white tube when you fish our cold northern waters. JF

Yer lips are safe then. JF

Mebbe I should try to convert. Let's talk. JF

I think that a whole buncha "ifs" will have to come to pass for the Pens to win the cup, but hey, all those "ifs" have happened before so why not this time? The cup is there for either team to take, with the home ice advantage to Detroit. I'd say 3-2 odds in Detroit's favour. JF

Rod manufacturers are gonna bomb yer house some night. JF

Gearpig's a lot easier to say after you've had a few wobbleypops. JF

I just came back to fishing a couple of years back, and I'm having fun. I'm lucky enough to have the Thames almost at my doorstep and up here above London it's got lots of very pretty secluded spots for us to wade. JF

As a confessed gearpig I'd come to the conclusion that every fisherman/gearpig needs at least one Calcutta. I was sorely tempted to steal the one I saw sitting on the floor at Garry2r's place but then decided he might remember it, and that I'd been there, etc. That one in the pic is very purty too. There's no such thang as too many toys. JF

I hadn't realized they came this far north. For some reason I thought they were more inclined to warmer climes. Mebbe I just watched too much Tarzan as a kid. JF

But if you'll forgive me a serious moment here, I gotta say that despite my early trepidation and confusion with the new reel. it only took a few minutes for Garry to get me comfortable with it, and before long I was actually getting kinda cocky about it. And this is from a guy who after dicking around on my own for a bit was pretty much frustrated by the prospect of ever using the durned thang. Garry explained a few basics in such an easy way that I just did it and felt really good about it. Reminded me of the first time I had .... well, never mind that. We're talking fishing here. But it really was that easy to pick up with a good teacher. And Buck is fun on the boat. A major pain in the keester when he tries to eat yer catch, or sluices off the water from the latest water excursion, but fun. Big ole hairy dogs hold a lot of water. All us fat old hairy guys can be fun though. JF

And if yer lucky, Buck will come along as the entertainment. JF

Maps for his gps? JF

Jeez! I wuz trying to narrow down the range of lures and what I'm getting are suggestions for even more to buy. This gearpigedness is gonna git me in real trouble on the home front. When fishing crap starts taking up as much room as my dive gear did in the day she'll take notice. Then it'll be just like when I tried to sneak a new bike into the garage. Who knew she could distinguish between them by the sound they made, sneaky b... ? Well, suffice it to say she was not easy to fool. The first time she found me trying to sneak a Yamaha into the garage she announced that she was getting her bike licence and riding too. That sucked. There's no way for two up on a Yammy dirt bike, especially with me as the passenger. I think that's why I had to buy the Triumph. JF

Or invite me out on yer boat so I can better take pics. The amount of time some of you spend on here I figger yer either in deep trouble with the missus or you have no friends. I'm an easy friend to keep. Just take me out on the boat and put me on fish. I even kick in a couple of bux for beer & gas. JF

Lidstrom. I like the way he just does what's gotta be done, calmly. He's great to hear in an interview, although not exciting. I tend to agree with the commentators last night who sounded like they were giving him a lot of the credit for the Wings being what they are today. If they weren't saying then I am now. I'm not sure Stevens was ever quite in the same league in terms of actual all round leadership. He was a fun player to watch though, even more so than Lidstrom. JF

Whenever she says no I just offer to buy her a new washer and dryer or mebbe a vacuum cleaner. What more can a man offer a woman? JF

p3ta would be picketing my home for cruelty to animals. JF

What I don't understand is why any fisherman would come up with reasons to offset excuses to buy more gear. Fishing is all about the toys, and we all know that he who dies with the most toys wins - right? Hi. My name is John, and I'm a gearpig. JF

That may mean a whole nuther thread. Aiming the camera while posing with a big bass, rod & reel standing belly button deep in a creek is tricky. JF

Thank you, Master. JF

Thanks to everyone who took the trouble to reply to my newby questions. I teach my students that confidence is all when dealing with customers and nothing builds confidence like knowledge. Your feedback on all these lures might just give me the added confidence to stick with some of them that I've given up on too early in the past. Of course you know this will likely just encourage me to ask more inane questions in the future. JF

Funny about that. I've been told they're good but I thought that was just in Louisianna. The durned things look cooked. How do bass boil their crawdads? But then I know that the colour red fades quickly to black in the water so perhaps the red is misleading. In any case I'll be trying them. I have a few red ones in different sizes. JF

U R a tricksy one. JF

That's where I learned all my knots. It's great. JF