x-mas for fishermen

[mellowyellow]

got about 6" of snow on the ground here, but find<br />myself on-line looking at new spincast reels.<br />anyone else asking santa for some new gear?<br />one can never have enough toys right?<br />my son even asked for a new rod and reel this year <br />may we all catch our limit!<br />happy holidays,<br />M.Y.

 

[NOSLEEP]

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I am hoping santa will bring me <br />a set of snow chains for my truck<br />and, or a new bait casting reel to<br />replace the one that went down the<br />ice hole last year

 

[mellowyellow]

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WHO YOU CALLING ICE HOLE????<br />sorry, cheap laugh...<br />my wife bought me an unused in the box<br />Mitchell 300 for $18 on ebay. think she got<br />the hint... now gotta help her find me a fittin'<br />pole.<br />ho ho ho

 

[Tacklewasher]

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I've been trying to get someone to buy me this<br /><br /> http://www.womeninwaders.com/ <br /><br />But so far no takers (maybe if I ask more than my wife and my mom??????)

 

[mellowyellow]

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T.W.,<br />I would have to get a musky pole to land one of those.. he he he.<br />I just haven't been that good this year

 

[Fishbusters]

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I want a 9-wt flyrod with reel and line. I have it all marked in Bass Pro catalog and have left it open on the table many times as well as said ALL I want is the flyrod setup. Most likely I will get some BS gimmick presents but I still hold out hope because one year mom bought me a drift sock and my birthday has been pretty good the past couple of years with a GPS unit and a good flyrod last year.It is just Christmas that has been a little off.

 

[KeltonKrew]

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I'm going with Tacklewasher. That's the best fishin' gear I've seen all year.<br /><br />Oh, BTW, I'm getting a new Garmin handheld GPS!.<br /><br />Would trade it for some of the new fishin waders from the site listed above!

 

[miloman]

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you know what pretty happy with what I have counted it yesterday have 42 rods 38 reels 3 full size gym bags with plano cases in them what I really want is a really good gps

 

[ebbtide176]

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dang miloman, talk about overkill.....just kiddin<br /><br />PFB, it seems you need to properly train your wife & kids.... you got to tear out the page, staple your credit card and layaway receipt to it, THEN lay it on their pillow, with a note "DAD's Christmas Present"... man i thought all married men knew this

 

[bKelly]

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I take the Bass Pro Shops book and put page markers on the pages with stuff I want. Then I take a highlighter and mark the item number for the items I like. This year’s list included BPS Extreme Rods and Reels, another tackle bag, more tackle, and what ever else she comes up with maybe a GPS.<br /><br />Last year I got a custom crankbait rod with a G-Loomis blank, Abu Garcia EON reel, loads of MIZMO flipping tubes and bandit crankbaits. <br /><br />As far as I am concerned Christmas came early for me. I got a new Yamaha outboard for my boat.<br /><br />I will have to say that my Wife does a great job shopping for me.<br /><br />PS – I have done my part to. She got a new car.

 

[Scoop]

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I got some great stuff last year. Shimano Stradic reel on a St Croix Avid rod. This year, I had to go with the present that will help me get out fishing more by keeping the other half happy, and making it easier to get free time. Portable dishwasher. Regular dishwashers are cheaper, but we don't have the rom to build one in. Ours will cosat too much to repair and has just been taking up space for the last 1.5 years. I sure did want some boat seats though. I think that may be in line for my birthday.

 

[RICKRICK1]

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A Red Rider BB gun just like I had as a kid. Still got the old one at folks place, dad uses it for a door stop.

 

[Fishbusters]

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The problem is not that she is not trained well but that she and the kids don't think that giving daddy just one thing will make him happy the kids especially think each one has to get daddy something and since everything anyone can get for me that I will like and use is a little expensive I get 3 gifts for the price of the 1 I really wanted. It's not really too bad a trade off because we limit how much total gets spent on each of us so we can spend more on the kids.

 

[ebbtide176]

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yep PFB i know we used to do the same to/for my pop. poor guy. i think he had to store his extra socks in a chest in the attic. at least that way each child can identify with a specific,personal item...

 

[mellowyellow]

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took the kids to wally world and "helped" them pick out some inexpensive fishing gear to give<br />dear old dad. of course I paid for it too...<br />oh and we cant forget tools either! that's always<br />a good x-mas present.<br />ho ho ho