great times
 

Thanks to everyone for setting this up. John R. and Mike CC and everyone else that made this happen. It was a great time. Saw some old friends and made new ones. all around was a great time. didn't get to stick around too long as i was fighting off a cold. John R. sorry for the name mix up :) i don't think i've ever met that guy before...

-Chris

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it was louder than a rock concert

and almost as crowded :(

plug mania gone berserk
you are all so, so.....:read:...sick :doh:
but what a beautiful illness it is... :love:

Unfortunately
I think there should be
plug psychologists :btu:

I agree the crowd got to me after a while. fresh air never felt so nice but it wAS well worth it.

Thanks to all the Plugfest 2009 organizers,setup and clean-up crews. You put on the best plugbuilding surfishing gathering every year through hell or high mud you get it done and set up for us Plugnuts to see everyone we converse with here at S-B.com.
Thanks John R., Slipknot, CC Mike and family,all who did the how-to's and brought great plug stuff like #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^& and M&D Tackle.
Nice to see Vineyardblues,Tom,Tagger,Dmac,BS4shore,Fishon8,Big fishLarry,Vic,Tobias and Prof.Moriarty.That is one awesome Fly Vice that the Prof. built and VB sold tickets for, that I'm gonna win.:wave:
Special thanks to Flaptail,Numbskull,Saltydog and of course Slipknot for the great display case. A true master woodworker, plugbuilder and all-around good guy.
PatrickD and NIB for making the drive up and back go much quicker with the laughs and gaffs.:rotf2: :ss:
Anyone else I forgot to mention,or didn't meet this time. We need name tags
And thanks to all the members here and the kids who are the next generation of Striper surfishing enthusiasts.
p.s. ...and great to see EastEndLu make the trip. He travels far too.

Matt is it always a pleasure to see yeah. I hope again this fall on the Vineyard maybe if Peter lets us. You NJ guys travel far and wide. Glad you all got home safe, it is a long haul.

NIB gave us extra jet power on the way home.

The Vineyard is calling. It would be great to hit the sands there again.

Thanks again DZ for the trombone lesson :)
Thanks Flap for the sketch, I love it and you need to sign it for me.
We will have nametags next time and a bigger place.
Great seeing all you nuts, sorry I didn't meet all of you.
You all make some incredible plugs.
Congrats to the contest winners, I'll have to start tomorrow if I want to compete next year:shocked: gonna take some real thinking and skill to go against you guys.
Thanks S-B

The best time ever!
 

Plugfest was the best time ever! Thanks to everyone who worked so hard to put on this great event. It was great meeting the folks that make such great stuff and share so much information. I hope I can make this event every year to come.

:thanks:

canalmans' winner
handcarved winner I think(that's the plug with the magnet in it :hidin: oops I said too much)

more plugs

Was it just me or did anyone else notice the bright aura coming from the direction of the Numbscull/ProfMoriarty table??? Talk about 2 talented folks! Keep up the iNSaNe work guys!!:drool:

oh yeah you did... Bruce

in Fact the CIA has a special Plug Division for monitoring these
hardcore types and just finished interviewing me trying to get
back ground info on this guy... as he might be dangerous.
they left me their card just in case i remember anything else.

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c6...nob1/cpia2.png

To funny, for thoose that didn't know the magnet was an attempt to keep the belly hook from causing diggers/scratches while casting.....but if you looked there is a scratch that was caused by the one fish I did catch with it. Someone (sorry my memory fails me) outside gave me a simple and yet easier solution....a rubber band:rollem:. I look foward to meeting all of you talented folks again and do hope there will be name tags (thanks raven yours worked).

great time
 

thanks to JohnR and the crew for a great time. great seeing all that talent in one place. it was nice meeting some new faces and hope to meet more.:D happy fishing, Woody

Thanks to all who organized this epic event. Great way to get more of fix on the addiction. Thanks to Numbskull for his tutatorial on needle swimming and the Blood red darter, Z for the trombone lesson and PNG on the offset turning demo. We had 12 members from CSA attend , many who were first timers. They were impressed for sure. Woody took the restoration award. First Plugfest event. Next year's will definately be crowded. Somewhat like they said in JAWS, "We need a bigger hall"!!

Thanks to John,Slip,Mike and everyone involved in making this event happen.Its always a pleasure seeing and talking to many friends and meeting new ones.My head is still spinning from sensory overload from all the great plugs that i was so fortunate to see.Great to see the Jersey boys come up :wave:

Thanks to Eastend Lu from the guys and gulls of Ct. Surfcasters. for the wire bender. We all a appreciate your generousity.

Hey, I know that guy in the background real well....anyone know what he left there with? Maybe he'll call me if he sees this post..:laugha:

Ya some guy was claiming to be your friend.So I dissed him in usual NIB fashion..:chased:
He was hoover-ing around Numby's table..

I missed Karl F :jester: Talk about a icon at the plug fest!
Hope to see you Sat night ??
VB

Yah me too. Had a plug for him. Donated it to the raffle table

Him and his brother were bending my ear pretty good about plugmaking. They were talking to me then. Nice guys. We talked about all your favorite spots once I told him I knew you and I was originally from Franklin:bl:

for such a small room i missed a lot. I got hemmed in most of the time, but still had a ball. I missed the plug turning by Chris , again. Going to have to have a private lesson one of these days. Didn't even realize Karl was a no show till after the fact, missed the wood guy , missed most of the food, missed the plug loading but did get one off Dave. Need to have name tags again. I am sure I met lots of people who I have no idea of their names, still.

Plugfest was fun, I wish I could have stayed longer...missed seeing a lot of attendees. There was quite a mob there! As always, there is some fine work displayed, I am always surprised .

Thanks to numbskull for the plugs. Please PM me your address, I will send you a couple.

That fly vise is the cats -ass.

Just once I would like to meet Mr. Sandman!! He is like an apparition! He blows in on a gentle breeze and is gone the next second! I always find out after the fact that we were in the same place!!!:o

I noticed him and Bill,striperman36, at different times out of the corner of my eye and then they were gone.

I saw Big K Sat. morning at about quarter to 6 AM
Yes we miss Karl at the plugfests. I had a plug for him.

Sandman, you were there? guess I missed you :(

I missed K, too. Missed a lot of folks who were there but probably bumped into them on my rounds.

You were talkin too fast to stop ya to say hello.

Just wanted to thank everyone involved! John R nice to meet you, Mike thanks for the discount, it made my wife happy. Ted thanks for the plug, love your stuff. Larry i guess im not a lurker anymore. After a year of mistakes I may find something too offer. And mostly to all the great plug builders that share their talents to us new guys. Didn't know what to expect, will next year. Because of you Rockfish i have two things that consume my life, the pursuit of the stripes and turning for that pursuit! Should have never watched that HOW TO pictorial, and i thought i was going to save money! Thanks again. hope i didn't step on too many toes. Oh ya also thanks for any votes i got for the squidster. My first creation! Happy Trails

Thanks to all! My grandson and I had a great time! :)