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Wish I could go but I have other plans (or I'd be there)...

Sorry to hear that JohnR. :( Thanks again S-B for your support!

Please feel free to bring your family along if they want to come. ;) My 10 yr old daughter will be there, timf is bring along daughter & LittleBo will be riding shotgun with BigBo. :D

I'm bring along some muffins and danish for folks to pick on. I know I get cranky if I get a little hungry. LOTS of place to eat near by: New York Deli, Harry's Restraurant, Bertucci's, D'Angelos, BK & etc. We have spring water available & lots of teas.

Look forward to meeting some new faces for this great cause. :)

Hopefully you raise some money for a good cause Ray. Unfortunately I can not make it. Will be leaving for the Pats game around 10am!!!!!

I'll be there and will post some pictures (during sale at around 1). Show between 12 and 4 for some great bargains. This is for a great cause.

Definitely has some good stuff. I bought a couple of reels and buddy picked up a Batson 1088 rod for 80. It is a must go and there is still a lot goodies available. Thanks.

Alot of good stuff there it is to bad no one showed up, the prices were so cheap.

Thats to bad lots of good stuff! Greats deals to be had. Thats why we were the first ones there!!

Piked up a some nice plugs (Capesams Tiger needle too :btu:) and a Van Staal wrench. Good stuff and good prices. Nice folks and a good cause too.

I came straight from my last trip to SoCo. Being a little shy and no shower - I was a little quiet. I always kick myself after for not introducing myself. Hope all went well the rest of the day.

Hey I had stuff out there for cheap $ !!! Too bad more people didn't show up. ;)

HUGE thanks to those that did come: Mac, tobias, shipwrecked & friend, timf, Chris in MA, crash and tattoobob! :)

Sorry Shipwrecked for not letting you in there sooner. :( Thanks for your patience. I hope you guys weren't disappointed for the wait.

Chris in Mass - where you the tall guy w/ the Habs puller over cap on?! Good gawd man - why didn't you tell me who you were ....LOL. I'm the one who told you to buy the thicker wrench. My bad for not introducing myself to you. :(

I did meet my minimum sales goal some how. :) That is due to generous donation from a certain individual who previously sold some stuff of his own for ACONE. :D Thanks you know who!

Thanks again Dave for helping me out all day and timf for helping us pack up at the end. I'm bummed out I had to tote most of it back home.

JohnR <--<< massive thanks to S-B for allowing me do this to raise much needed money for ACONE. We are forever grateful to you. :)

Sorry I missed it Ray, the ct surf party was today also. Hope you did well.

we didnt mind sitting in my truck we had a good talk on how to maybe slove the cod delima... no easy answerd to many p- off people and, I GOT DEAL OF THE DAY after we got home we took out my 1088 for a test cast and was suprise how it cast a 4oz easy 175'+ then i put on a 3oz it went about 225-275' now to get a reel to put on it hint hint!!!!!! lol.
sorry to here that it was not so good a turn out!!!! hope things will get better.. good luck and merry christmas and happy new year
xyz [aka ] jim

Hey Ray,
No problem for a good cause and great cheap tackle. Damn wish I had more cash!! I actully field tested my new Penn 710 reel I just bought on my Allstar 1088. Its a perfect match. My friend Jim(XYZ) field tested the Batson 1088 he bought and loved it. Probably the best deal I have seen in a long long time. He got a better deal on his rod then I got on my Allstar.

xyzs - that is a Batson Rainshadow SW1088 which I made for myself. I got the blank on sale and sold it for the cost of the parts I had into it. I'm glad that you like it. For that kind of money I doubt you will find a nicer made custom rod. :D
Have a great Christmas & New Year as well dude!

Ey Scott/#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^& - you missed a lot of nice gear for sure. Ask Andy about it. :)
If you are looking for anything in particular send me an e-mail since ya pm's are off.
I had a couple of boat outfits which I am sure you would have liked.

Shipwrecked - next time you save up some $ and want something you saw I will honor the ACONE prices. You just live up the road from me. I can always leave it at the office and you can pick it up and pay for it directly and save me a step in the process..... lol.

ACONE has two paid staff: the assistant to the executive director works 4 days a week and the executive director works 5 days a week. All of the people that teach our programs and the board of directors are volunteers: not paid a penny. The huge annual conference that we host which 1000+ people attend from all over the country is done entirely with unpaid volunteers. The office wastes nothing - we can't afford to.

Ray pm sent

Ray,

Maybe a post holiday sale???? Cash is tight right now but I would love to support you, the cause, and my "need another rod" sickness.

-Luds

Ey Mike/Luds48. :) I was hoping to catch folks before Christmas and all the bills rolling in after the holidays....... LOL.

If I am going to use ACONE's office space again, it has to be a Sunday. They have programs on Saturdays in am and in afternoons a lot of times. It took three of us about 2 hrs to set up (re-arrange the tables, stack up chairs and unpack things). I can't expect my two helpers to be available again from 9 - 5 on top of their own travel time. As you can see from the pictures I had a fair amount of things out at great prices. Guys who did come found some good stuff IMHO. :D

Starting next month the retail stores have sales and then the fishing shows start up shortly after that. I can't compete again them and I would be taking $ away from my favorite places. :( Some one suggested I put things up on Ebay for top $, but that takes time and patience - who would want to go near a post office right now to ship something?! Not I ..... lol. I hate lines. ;) I could list things here on S-B, but can't do that during the day (can't afford to lose my day job & my performance review is coming up just before Christmas) and would only be able to respond in evenings. Meeting up with people can be time consuming and shipping is a nuisance. Notice I haven't sold anything in a while anywhere?! LOL. I refuse to use SOL any more (that is another story behind that).

I'm open to suggestions of how to get rid of my gear as fast as possible so ACONE can get the funds. :)

If any one wants to set up a time to come over in evening we can do that, but the problem there is my wife isn't crazy about "strangers" coming over in the dark and I need to keep the noise level down.....lol.

I might be strange, but I'm no stranger than you Ray. :rotf3::rotflmao:

all tht stuff you said..

ray.....pm me what rods you're unloading.

Thanks, Bob/BigBo. :D You came over during the day and my wife wasn't home! LOL ...... My wife & daughter know Dave/Mac and have met Chris/Vermonter, too. My daughter met tobias & Aiden today (she was busy playing with Webkinz over in the corner at ACONE). My family don't know the majority of my online fishing buds. :D

They both think I am a bit nutz for wanting to go out to fish when it is dark outside! :)

:hee:
Luds. If there is something you're interested in, I'll probably be seeing Ray later this week and can grab it for you. I'm just in Rockland, so it wouldn't be too much trouble for you and I to meet.

any way u can put the extra stuff u had on the BST forum? i live right in shrewsbury and would love to be able to support if i found something.

Hi Gunpowder - I thought you were coming today. <g> In fact I thought shipwrecked was you..... lol. I should have asked guys what their usernames were that I didn't know. ;) Dooooh.

You were looking for a Lami custom at one point ..... nothing I have left will do 4 oz - more like 3 oz top end, but realistically 2.5 oz. I may have a Rainshadow, but Luds48 ask for list (don't have a list made up) first. If you did come the Rainshadow SU1208 would have been perfect, but thats gone now .... lol.

I have Penn SS in every size from 6500ss up to 9500ss. One 712 z left - missing side emblem and was well used (cleaned and checked over before I got it so it is functionally fine).

It would take me a several hrs to list everything - if you see something in the pictures just ask. :)

Daiwa Beefsticks spinning rods(8' thru 10' lengths) w/ Daiwa Opus II reels & 20 lb mono for $25. Good truck outfit or guest rod .... 4 set ups no one wanted them. These rods cast better than one would think - people are rod snobs these days. ;) New spools of Stren Super Braid (2 - 40 lb and 1 - 65 lb) for $20 each, PowerPro 80 lb in 500 yds for $40 each (2 spools).

Money is tight for everyone right now. For example we have had dozens of regular members who in the past had donated $ to ACONE haven't sent in any this yr for some reason. We rely on people for the organization to exist. Several guys here have stepped for me to help my cause and have been extremely generous with donations. Money starts to come in about two months for the conference, but we are trying get it now since we are don't have much in our account. :( I buy things for the office and don't even thing about getting my own $ back for it.

Gunpowder - set up a time and come over some nite and take a look around. :D

Thanks again everyone.

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