I went out this morning for a few hours. I was throwing An S waver on windy flats. Got thumped real hard and the rod loaded up, Sweet! My first on the S waver! A few hard pulls then the line goes limp, &%$@#**!!! I reel in a broken knot. I did manage to get to smallish fish on a BBZ though. So the first thing I do after plugging the batteries back in is get on line to buy a replacement S waver right? $138 dollars later, I end up with $120 worth of God knows what and a backorder on an S Waver. Go figure... I'll probably dream about a monkey prying an S Waver out of some poor spotted bass slouch tonite.

He wasn't with you, even if you think he was. He lives in an old minnow bucket in My man cave. He feeds on the hundreds of pounds of plastics that I don't use. He tinkles on my cranks so I have to change the hooks. He pulls off line from my reels to use in his nest. He whispers in my ear in winter and messes with my head in July. I've taken him on every fishing trip I have ever made and all he does to show his appreciation is to question me about my lack of local purchases. I gave him a $400 swimbait for Christmas and he made me buy a $400 swimbait rod. If I could just find a new home for him I would be willing to pay the rent. My wife of 45 years would be able to get a hair cut once in a while and my grandkids could come over and have Oreos instead of soda crackers. You want him? you got him, the check is in the mail.