Anyone get anything good for Christmas??:eyes:

My youngest son gave me a steel box he made in metal shop that I can put odds and ends in....I am going to put it on my work bench! He did a great job on it...its all brake bent and the box itself has been tack welded......great gift not to mention he put a $10 Dunkies gift certificate inside!:cool: My oldest son gave me a great flannel shirt, black and red checked....looks nice and warm and its XXL so I am sure it will fit! The cat thinks it makes a great place to sleep!:hihi:

My brother got my dad 2 of your canal cut 3ozers and another canal cut Afterhours that was inscribed #1 Bomba. He got me a weird framed picture of a bunch of gay bicyclists in front of a giant Pabst Blue Ribbon banner at the Granby Cafe. What the $%3@^7+@!!!

My sister and brother in law got me an awesome 34" bronze striper! They saw it on the NH PBS auction last May! And knew they had to get it. It is spectacular, and the detail is perfect. When I held it by the tail, the profile felt like I was getting ready to fillet it! The artist left no detail undone.

Cash:humpty:

My wonderful wife got me a 275vs. This is the best x-mas present i have ever received.I cant wait to jig up a super cow in the canel next season.

I got a nice new rod making machine. Yayy!!!!

Now Backbeach has some teaching to do.....

My sister and brother in law got me an awesome 34" bronze striper! They saw it on the NH PBS auction last May! And knew they had to get it. It is spectacular, and the detail is perfect. When I held it by the tail, the profile felt like I was getting ready to fillet it! The artist left no detail undone.

Very cool and unique gift. I bet you'll enjoy it for years!

Ross- that is awesome:kewl:

I got that warm feeling and smiles when my boys opened up gifts, thats all you ever need.

Ross- that is awesome:kewl:
Great detail

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c66/ravenob1/Nightfighterbass.jpg

Raven - who is the artist? would like to do some research and maybe buy one of those - just beautiful.

Just happy to get Kleenex!

Wow, Raven. You made it jump out, which my photo did not. Thanks! I keep staring at it.......and trying to decide which of three locations is going to be its home.

Martin, the tag on the back from the auction lists the donor as fishcarvings.com.

Chit, I just looked at her site..... nice stuff. And its copper! Thought it was bronze mold.

I got the OTW calendar , A signed copy of Z's new book, a bunch of salty's kits, and I found a wonder bread bomber in my stocking!

Got a signed copy of Zeno's book and a new SWE long sleeve T from the girlfriends family. Looks like they're getting to know me well. Family presents are waiting until tonight but I have a good feeling there will be plenty of fishing stuff.

I got that warm feeling and smiles when my boys opened up gifts, thats all you ever need.

Nice... It's good to know you hit the nail on the head, eh?

My wife got teary eyed after opening every one of her gifts...
I figured I finally got it right after 10 years..

All I got was a Henderson Titanium Hyperstretch 7mm wetsuit and some Beachmaster needles and some other non-fish related stuff.

Cash

Ross, that's awesome.
Got new toaster, custom Pat's "Bomba" jersey, camo winter croc's, new Mass and CT licenses, some other cool stuff.

On the other hand, I got some really cool chit for my loved ones this year, including #^&#^&#^&#^&y's plugs, Mikey's pictures, I got Jess a shirt that says "Suck it Trebek" with Sean Connery's famous Jeapordy quotes as categories, etc.

Merry Xmas Everybody,
Rick

I got that warm feeling and smiles when my boys opened up gifts, thats all you ever need.

I agree!!

Bought the wife an IPhone and a Mac laptop....it felt great watching her open the gifts.

gps, quickbooks, wine, gift certificates.....they must've got the wrong guy- i was'nt that good :hihi:.

Got a nice Dell Laptop which I am test driving as I type...seems sweet, will make world travel a bit nicer so I can keep in touch with you clowns!!!!!

I got a house full of dysfunction.....I mean errrrr family.....:conf:

a very happy 2 year old and some bruins tix

I got a house full of dysfunction.....I mean errrrr family.....:conf:

Having a quality Christmas with the fam Matt??:love:

Larry I believe the cat was meant to go inside the box. Seal it up and.....
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I feel your pain Slingah. Some of my misfits just let and I feel like going around to check to see if all of the good silverware is still here.

I got friggin gout in my right ankle..&&^%Man is it painfull..:crying:

A brand new Fender Sapphire blue metallic Stratocaster, an S-B.COM hat with "Flaptail" embroidered on the back and an S-B.com tie with a picture of one of my Surfsters on it. I'll be stylin' at Plugfest!

An assortment of Numbskull plugs( :drool::drool::drool:drool drool drool) an some Cotton Cordell pencils loaded by none other than Stifftip with his artwork spicing them up.

This year for christmas i got a new Penn 706z, Snowbee Waders, Afterhours :drool:, Aquaskinz surf bag, pliers, and the joy of my grandmother for christmas!:cool: Hope you guys had a great christmas!

I got that warm feeling and smiles when my boys opened up gifts, thats all you ever need.

Yup SH, it doesn't get betta then that. :btu:

The nicest, most mellow Christmas with family and friends ever.

The Kids chipped in and Got me the Entire Monty Python's Flying Circus on DVD...16 dvd set of every episode ever....Say.........No...........More.

Got Zeno's new book autographed.....will be reading that this weekend..

Got a Coffee Grinder and a new French Press.

Got a stocking Redlite would have appreciated....wife threw in about a dozen of those 6-hour energy shots in it, along with some Ice fishing cleats and Jigs

Sounds like Santa was good to everyone this year. I got a new Diawa Emblem to go on a pole I'm wrapping this winter for the ditch, a bunch of salty's kits, and air compressor and air brush, new headlamp, some power pro, and a garmin gps. Non-fishing related, I got tix to two Bruins games.

Great Christmas....I'm very thankful. I had a great day and I hope everyone else did too. Now...time to get drunk.

VEGA DUPLICATOR!!!!! Can't wait to make some saw dust!!!!!! Hopefully I can get to the plugfest!

Me and my son got to spend it with my Mom and Dad in FL..Going fishing now..Gonna be 80 today..

Nice copper bass, Rosco - :kewl:

It's really gonna look great when it ages with that patina copper takes on -

My favorite gift was a Keurig coffee-maker - damn, it makes a great cup of coffee individually...just fired it up with some pretty robust Newman's Own...

Gotta have good starter fluid to get me going in the morning...:uhuh:

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My wife got teary eyed after opening every one of her gifts...
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What did you get her, fishing tackle?

[QUOTE=Brian L;649293]
My wife got teary eyed after opening every one of her gifts...
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What did you get her, fishing tackle?

Ten individually wrapped onions...

You up for a CMS trip today, superstar?

1 My son home for the holidays (serving in the U.S. Navy)
2 My granddaughter (17mo's) tearing into her presents.
all in all 2 of the best gifts ever :uhuh:

Got a tie.......from a fishing buddy!!???































:bl:

Me and my son got to spend it with my Mom and Dad in FL..Going fishing now..Gonna be 80 today.. :btu: - lucky bast...

1 My son home for the holidays (serving in the U.S. Navy)
2 My granddaughter (17mo's) tearing into her presents.
all in all 2 of the best gifts ever :uhuh:

Excellent!

Got a tie.......from a fishing buddy!!???

:bl:



I had happy kids, see my family, and a good time.

got to spend time with my family EVERYONE, came home crashed out girls woke up at 5am santa came.. guitar hero at 5am full bore is a real nasty alarm..... up and at 'em 5am... then to candi's moms for a supper nice lunch and the girls tore into more presents... then to my moms then to my sisters for dinner.. then crashed out at 11pm... started work today at 6am.. :sleeps:

19" flat screen tv for the bedroom and Ugg boots to keep my bad foot nice and warm! BTW, if you haven't tried these things on, please do so. They are the Van Staal of boots!

We got ourselves a new HP computor. Also a new puppie. It is now a 20 # golden that my wife calls Bella and I call hooligan. I forgot what it was like to have a puppie with a "tude" around the house.

Then I vivsited Mom who has had some health problems, we made her day. Then I went to see my brother SKD and watched him suffer on the couch with out for awhile. He'll survive though. It was a great day.

I got a house full of dysfunction.....I mean errrrr family.....:conf:

I can relate to that. You can pick your friends but you can't pick your family. Wife gave our family a cruise to the Caribbean in March.

Nice copper bass, Rosco - :kewl:

It's really gonna look great when it ages with that patina copper takes on -

My favorite gift was a Keurig coffee-maker - damn, it makes a great cup of coffee individually...just fired it up with some pretty robust Newman's Own...

Gotta have good starter fluid to get me going in the morning...:uhuh:

Got one too Crafty, best gift I ever got!!

I can relate to that. You can pick your friends but you can't pick your family. Wife gave our family a cruise to the Caribbean in March.


If you can't go Paul just let me know and I will step up for ya !:jump:

Man I wish I had your money :shocked:

1...I got to spend tiem with both Wendy's Family & my own
2...I got continue my personal tradition to give some time to serve others at an event where people struggling to overcome substance abuse can gather to be "safe" for the holiday.A copy of The Striped Bass Chronicles
3...Some of those nice big and warm Remmington socks for under the Waders
4...A new Travel Mug with BasicPatrick engraved on it
5...A Patriots Scarf
6...Some $$ so me and the honey can do a Celtics Game and add more to the "Traveling Surfcaster" Fund

Do they provide an expense stipend for the Traveling Surfcaster column? I always found that writing anything that required travel was a losing proposition.

GSB 1202M blank, wonder what I do with a stick with no guides on it? sweeeeet

My wife and I met Mike Fixter in Ca. in Oct. She tracked him down and got me a pickie and a cigar. I can't wait till they can see water.

I can relate to that. You can pick your friends but you can't pick your family. Wife gave our family a cruise to the Caribbean in March.

Smart woman. She knew not to mess with plugfest.

If you can't go Paul just let me know and I will step up for ya !:jump:

Man I wish I had your money :shocked:

:biglaugh: Not my money. I'm poor. I just hope she keeps sharing.

Martin, the tag on the back from the auction lists the donor as fishcarvings.com.

Chit, I just looked at her site..... nice stuff. And its copper! Thought it was bronze mold.
I was going to say that it was copper with a patina fnnish.. that was made by hammering a sheet of copper into a wooden form that is the rough shape of the bass, then all of the details are hammered in with different shaped tools... Its called 'chasing' Nice specimen :heybaby:

I want one of these for Christmas-

Can you guess who this guy's son is??? :rtfm:
http://trophyfishcarvings.com/index.php?fish=home

:biglaugh: Not my money. I'm poor. I just hope she keeps sharing.

it is not money that makes one rich..... :cool:

I want one of these for Christmas-

Can you guess who this guy's son is??? :rtfm:
http://trophyfishcarvings.com/index.php?fish=home

ayup

Can anybody top this for ugliest Xmas Gift?

I want one of these for Christmas-

Can you guess who this guy's son is??? :rtfm:
http://trophyfishcarvings.com/index.php?fish=home


Hmmmm....no, I can't...incredible work, though...:smokin:

What's the correct answer? :huh:

A trip to the Outer Banks in May with a house on the ocean from my wife's family to us. A family vacation from my parents also. Going to be tough to decide where to take it and when. Some nice cold weather gear for winter steelheading also.

Hmmmm....no, I can't...incredible work, though...:smokin:

What's the correct answer? :huh:

That would be Ryan's Dad.

I recieved a nice blue Fish Hard/Live Long hoodie from Joe Lyons store. Block Island version, a great heavy sweatshirt. also a new 32" flat screen for the bedroom.

That cat looks my old big boy. Died in 2006. Never forget him.

That would be Ryan's Dad.


And Ryan Smith would be...:huh:

Sorry, Flap, apparently I'm not one of the plugnoscenti - I guess that's RM?

Got to spend christmas in the morning with my grams who's been in a nursing home for the past 6 or so months, was nice to see her home again :kewl: Lotsa clothing this year. Got a pair of those ugg boots, and yes they are the Van Stall of boots :D

Great Success! :)

My daughter gave cash, my son gave me a new 18V Dewalt Drill, mother gave me the same jacket as big fish.
Also we got a new dog, a Shorkie, New designer mix of a Yorike and Shltz zue, 6# when full grown, our cat is 14#!

igot Call of duty5 and gears of war to beat up on hyefisherman and capecodkid on xbox live

I got a house full of dysfunction.....I mean errrrr family.....:conf:

sorry Matt ... so you been out in the garage alot ..

we adopted two family's together had 4 boys 18 months to 4 years it was great we didn't buy not one thing for ourselves.

i got to add one more thing. the best gift ever was my son being born!..Everything else I got just can't compare with him.

sorry Matt ... so you been out in the garage alot ..

:hihi:....naa it's too cold out there....things better now, just Ma here for 2 more days....then going shopping for my gifts...wifey buying me a recliner & us a TV...

Xmas coincided with me hitting a 200 scratch ticket.. so I got spoiled

1. new stradic 8000
2. new penn 450
3. Nickelback tickets
4. New HD Camcorder
5. Books, lots of books.
6. Fallout 3
7. New printer

And Ryan Smith would be...:huh:

Sorry, Flap, apparently I'm not one of the plugnoscenti - I guess that's RM?

Yep, Ryan "RM Smith".

Hey West end, had to read that twice, thought it said a nice bluefish.

got a nice Redsox sweatshirt from Katie, her mom got us a Wii, got a $50 Bass Pro gift card, $100 in Long Horn Steakhouse gift cards and lots of cash for skiing from my family

grs pikes! they are so sweet.
slippers
new north face jacket.
aerogarden. i do enjoy planting/growing vegetables but this might be a bit much.. we will see

we don't exchange big gifts, just big stockings
we focus mostly on the kids.
But i did get a kayak, it was a birthday/slash christmas gift. (i guess turning 40 is a big to do)
got a sweet Red Sox jacket
100.00 bass pro certificate
red sox hat and glove set. not mittens
khakis for work, socks..
another year of OTW magazine.

but that pales in comparison to see the joy on my 5 yr. olds face.
That was my best gift.
Genuine happiness and gratefulness for every gift he received..
and he made out like a bandit...

My wife did pretty well too, after all she married me.

Nice George. My son's response to seeing Santa's gifts was "Holy Crap!!". Too funny, couldn't even yell at him.

Hmmmm....no, I can't...incredible work, though...:smokin:

What's the correct answer? :huh:

rm smith

apple doesn't fall far from the tree


you can see where ryan gets his talent from

best gift was watching my boys open their presents up..........even though Jacob (7 months) played with the wrapping paper

my kid gave me his cold... :gorez:

My lovely wife got me a work sharp 3000 tool sharpener. It works very well. Turned a plug with it yesterday right after sharpening my skew chisel and it is so smooth it barely needs sanding.
But most importantly I got to spend time with both sides of the family (and still am) and enjoying that the most.

some gift cards to SWE and #^&#^&#^&#^&s! :lama:

we don't exchange big gifts, just big stockings

But i did get a kayak, it was a birthday/slash christmas gift. (i guess turning 40 is a big to do)
got a sweet Red Sox jacket
100.00 bass pro certificate
red sox hat and glove set. not mittens
khakis for work, socks..
another year of OTW magazine.


Holy Crap....thats a big Friggin Stocking...:hee:

ncaa football 09 and nhl 09 for ps3, complete series of The Wire on DVD (Best show ever) some $$ and clothes from various stores. all in all a great first christmas with the gf in our place.

USB enabled turntable to convert vinyl to CD....I'm not worthy.....