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THANK YOU, JOHN, BUT THE PROPS GO TO BUD HOSNER, WHO WAS A HUGE HELP TO THE WRITER. HE IS A BIG TIME BELIEVER IN THE BARS TOO AND WON A COUPLE OF TOURNAMENTS UP THERE WITH THEM LAST YEAR. THE GUY IS SO HUMBLE, HE HATES TO HEAR THAT AND I THINK IN A WAY, HE WOULD RATHER NOT HAVE WON THEM. HE IS A GIANT PROPONENT OF THE NORTHWEST AND IS THE FISHERMEN UP THERE'S BEST FRIEND.
IT'S A DYNAMITE ARTICLE, WITH OR WITHOUT THE BARS ('COURSE, I'M GLAD THEY'RE IN THERE!)
BUD FINALLY GOT AROUND TO TRYING THE SPIDERS ON (RELEASE) SALMON AND IN A SIDE-BY-SIDE COMPARISON A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO OF ONE EACH IN THE WATER, WITH THE "STANDARD BEST" HOOTCHY AND HERRING/FLASHER RIG, WENT THREE OUT OF FOUR FISH ON THE SPIDER. I WARNED HIM NOT TO GET ONE OF THOSE SPIDERS ANYWHERE NEAR A HALIBUT! OR A LAKE TROUT, OR SKAMANIA, OR LAKE BROWN, OR CHINOOK, OR COHO, OR....
COLUMBIA RIVER WALLEYES (YUM! WORST FIGHTING AND BEST EATING FRESHWATER FISH!) ARE NEXT. SOME OF THE MIDWEST GUYS ARE FLAT MURDERING THEM ON THE BUGS. THE PROBLEM IS KEEPING THE SMALLMOUTH BASS OFF THEM...OH, DRAT!
WALLEYES. "FILLETS WITH FINS" YUMMER!!!!
WE BEGIN SHIPPING AGAIN TOMORROW! YAY! THAT OTHER GUY HAS PUT US IN THE HOLE BAD, BUT WE ARE COMING BACK AND I WANT TO AGAIN THANK THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN PATIENT AND UNDERSTANDING AND HAVE STUCK WITH ME THROUGH THIS TERRIBLE TIME. YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN REAL TROOPERS AND I LOVE YOU FOR IT. IT SHOWS WHAT I HAVE ALWAYS SAID - FISHERMEN (AT LEAST ALL BUT A FEW OF THEM) ARE THE BEST KIND OF PEOPLE AND YOU GUYS HAVE PROVEN THAT ONCE AGAIN. THANK YOU SO MUCH!
BUT ANYONE WHO HAS WAITED TO PLACE THEIR ORDERS NEEDS TO GET THEM IN RIGHT AWAY...WE ARE BUSY AS HELL AND THAT IS GOING TO GET WORSE, NOT BETTER AS THE FISH START ARRIVING AND "THE LAST MINUTE CHARLEY'S" START FINALLY PLACING THEIR ORDERS. LEAD TIME WILL BE INVOLVED FROM HERE ON IN, AND WE GO BY "FIRST IN, FIRST OUT" ON THAT, WHICH IS THE ONLY FAIR WAY.
SPEAKING OF FAIR, FOREWARNED IS FAIR. I HAVE SAID THIS BEFORE ABOUT LEAD TIMES AND I AM SAYING IT AGAIN. WE WILL WORK DAY AND NIGHT TO MAKE AND FILL ORDERS, BUT IF SOMEONE COMES IN LATE, THEY WILL HAVE TO WAIT. THESE THINGS REQUIRE A LOT OF INTENSE, SKILLED AND PRECISE LABOR AND WE WILL NOT RUSH THAT. THOSE WHO HAVE TO WAIT A WHILE WILL GET THE SAME, EXACT QUALITY THAT I MYSELF FISH WITH. BUT THE NEW TEAM AND I WILL WORK LIKE DOGS TO GET PEOPLE THEIR BARS. WE ARE FISHERMEN TOO AND WE UNDERSTAND HOW PEOPLE FEEL, INCLUDING THOSE WHO COME IN AT THE LAST MINUTE. WE CAN PROMISE NO MORE THAN THAT.
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