Hiya folks,

The show was great and it was really nice to meet many folks from this great site and the opportunity to reacquaint a few longtime buddies. :)

Yo BM - you are loony bud, Bruce Slipknot – You are a class act bud, Specialist – FYI, Gary says many ugly things about ya. ;), Flaptail – dude, I had no idea you were that short… :eek: , Got Stripers – Ya better NOT tell them my sample colors or else:smash:, JohnR – If your “Be right back” means 4 hours… I am afraid to know what your “Be back in a few” means? :happy:


It was nice to meet up with WeeWee and Hans. You guys went out of town and bought a mess of goodies and I had a hard time trying to ho them! The usual suspects Mike Laptew, Gary Corsetti and Ron Arra were good sport and probably had enough of my gag tricks. :D I also had the privilege to meet Ron’s good buddy Stan and his extraordinair vintage lure collector!

Also, much to my surprize, it was good to see Dennis Ryan from Gibbs and Craig Cantelmo from Van Staal again.
Oh yeah…. I also had the honor to meet Mr. Lex lures and NIB… and they even showed me some of their new prototypes. :)
Let's not forget my RFA friend- Michael Doubley.... Who busy running around and promoting the good RFA missions! :)

Gosh - I met soooo many other folks and my head still spinning. To be quite honest, it literally took me over 4 hours just to make my rounds and I didn’t even get the chance to meet a few of you nor catch Tony Stetszko’s session.

All in all, the AquaSkinz Drytop was a hit! We received some incredible feedback from the shops and we are currently going to follow up with a few selective shops. ;)

On the way back… A few of us had a big meal at Newport. Yummy! Thanks to my partner Kadir and diehard SurfPirate for splitting the long drive back.

Once again, it was really nice to meet you folks and I look forward to meeting you on the water and possibly wet a line together! :)

“Crazy” Alberto
NonStopFisher@aol.com

Al-

Glad you made it home safe.

Where did you guys end up having dinner? Coddington?

Weren't you guys bone tired?

-WW

Alberto,
You practically went by my door and you didn't even call :( wait until the next time I see you :smash:

Originally posted by fishweewee
Al-

Glad you made it home safe.
Where did you guys end up having dinner? Coddington?
Weren't you guys bone tired? -WW

Yo Ben,

Yes, it was a looooong day... and we ate at a very nice seafood/stake place in Newport. R.I.

We nearly broke down. :) But we needed to head back... cause we had to attend another early fishing event. Afterwards... I managed to fish until 1 am. :smash:

This is good cause it is time to start tunning up the body for those sleepless marathon nights. ;)

"Crazy" Alberto

Alberto, you're nutz. :smash:

Originally posted by MakoMike
Alberto,
You practically went by my door and you didn't even call :( wait until the next time I see you :smash:

Yo Mike,
I thought you knew that we were passing your area?
Besides... I don't think you wanted a bunch of loonies dropping by your house around 6 am on a Saturday morning or a bunch of sorry sickies visiting your house around 10 PM for one hours?

If you do.... We could do that next time. :p

BTW: Send me an email when you can.

"Crazy" Alberto
NonStopFisher@aol.com

My mouth is sealed:), just send me the samples and I'll play around and mail you (need your address too) some samples.

C.A. - wish I'd talked to you for more than 30 seconds - wanted to se the new dry top too... But it was mom's 60th birthday - priorities... See ya this summer or fall maybe when the basses be around :kewl:

C.A. I never got to see that aqua skinz either :(
Nice meeting you finally.
BTW, I think those lures were not Stan's but belonged to Ed Poure. Stan is another treasure I have to talk to every time I get the chance.

Alberto - You talked to me outside when i was out having a smoke. Damn - wish i knew that was you. Nice top - i got your business card. :btu:

Al is was nice to meet you.

Al,
IF I had known how to get in touch with you I could have met your for drinks/dinner in Newport. I lost you cell phone number, but its probably changed since the one I lost is about 6 years :mad: I'll send you an e0mail later on today or tomorrow (busy as hell here at work)

Hey Got Stripers…
Send me an email at Nonstopfisher@aol.com and let’s work on the colors. ;)

JohnR…
You are a good man and I am glad you got your priorities straight! Family always comes first!!!!
Iam sure that we will get together soon and maybe you gonna have to come down to the REAL mecca.

Slipknot… I know, I know, my partner was busy showing the jackets around and when I had the jackets… You were gone. But don’t ya worry… I will be back in your neck of the wood and I will personally show ya how good these drytops are. :) As to Stan… Yes, I agree! He is a treasure and so is big Ed Poure (thanks for reminding me his name)who has that incredible plug collections. ;)

Hey Bettle, Yes, I remember you! My partner Kadir gave you his card… I was the gentleman next to him talking to Mr. Lex and holding his new prototype (yellow darter) lure. ;) It was nice to meet ya!!!

Hey Specialist… Yes, the pleasure was all my. Make sure you abuse Gary Corsetti next time and don’t forget to call him a plummer. :D

MakoMike… Yo bub… Send me an email and I will forward you my new phone number! This is going to be a very interesting year and I plan on fishing your backyard often. ;) :p


Yo BM... Where are ya? :hidin:


“Crazy” Alberto

JohnR…
You are a good man and I am glad you got your priorities straight! Family always comes first!!!!
Iam sure that we will get together soon and maybe you gonna have to come down to the REAL mecca.
But the real Mecca is just 30 miles East North East of me :wall: :wall: and MeccaDeaux is 30 miles East South East of me :wall: :wall:

Originally posted by Crazy Alberto
I am sure that we will get together soon and maybe you gonna have to come down to the REAL mecca.
“Crazy” Alberto

Uh oh, fightin' words. :eek: :laughs: :smash:

John,
The real mecca is about 21 miles due south of you :D

MakoMike - I erred, 30 miles SE of me and 28 miles SSW - Brain Cramp