Geeze, I missed a lot of you guys. As soon as I spotted one of ya, I'd get distracted buy someone or something else. I'll try harder next year. Whatya say S-B commandeers some couches and a fireplace next time, put up a flag, and declare it the S-B Clubhouse?:wavey:

I'll be the guy in the lot next year selling rubber bands.:doh:

Just got back
 

Fantastic -- next year going alone so that I can stay all day -- bought a few really nice plugs --- Stilll looking at them -- can you say burple :) ---- Thanks to all -- now bring on the cows

Jake Next yr I will wear a wig like Lincoln Hays(Link) In the MOD SQUAD.
So u will know who I am.Just give me a plug an we will be friends.
:D

no no no
 

i was goin easy on ya....lumber-jacks have to be careful....
i had to make sure you knew it was me after all... :btu:
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one Little thing i didnt like at the show....and it's not a big deal...
but, i had hoped to leave my winter coat in the car.....but had to wear it because it was way to brisk (for spring:zup:) to stand in line (outside )
with it not on...(i have a cold wanting to take root)

no biggy though...i was glad i had it "afterwards" because the door where "they let you in....to enter" isn't the door your let
out from....on the other far end of the building.

I think the MSBA guys did a great job with what they had to work with. The place in my opinion is not setup for a show like that. Here is what I thought was wrong: The lighting was low in some sections and the ceiling was also low. I almost broke a Quatum rod tip on the ceiling....the rep gave me the harry eye. I thought the very loud PA announcements while speakers were talking was very rud ( 2 or 3 times), they could have waited for the end which was on the ??:30 mark. The show was missing vendors like Penn, Van staal, shimano. Also what happened to the wood turning? The entry fee was twice as much in past years. I also talked to almost all the vendors and most of them were not happy with their setup areas. On the good side it was great to see alot of S-B members again, Some great deals were had if you looked close enough. If I had to rate this show with the last 6 I have made the 3 hour drive for it would rate at the bottom.

" to those who are staying away and boycotting for various reasons, well your loss not ours. "

no loss here hoss:

already buy everything at wholesale..show bargain's are few an far between.

build my own rods to suit my needs

don't need plug's,,make my own

reel's ..too many now

don't need a guide or fishin mag's...already know where an how to fish

already have many connections in the fishing game of life

lost my taste for all the hipe,con game's,snow job's an internal bs,game's people play,all that goes on behind closed door's.[wished I didn't know half the facts that I do] now take's away what used to be fun.

so.... I'll go do what float's my boat and hope you'll do what float's your's and everything will be right with the world once again.

nib....our path's will cross again another time

I hope so steve i always considered u my friend.I mainly go for the meet an greet.When I travel to fish seems there never enough time in the day.I like u have no use for the game.its just fishin an friends to me...

I went this am and I thought they did a good job with the show. I talked with a few friends, joined msba, and bought a few things that I thought were pretty good deals. I went witha list of 10 things I wanted and found deals on 3 of them..

There was a table with about 20 abu's on it and I was pawing thru those. Man that 6500 CL is sweet. I asked the guy if he had a wrench for a 6500 sized abu as I don't have one for my sports mag, and he crawled under his display and dug one out of the boxes of one of his new reels and gave it to me no charge. That little gesture made my day.

Then when I went by the S-B table, John has a picture pulled up of some plugs, and they were mine! That was pretty cool!


There was a guy selling undressed white and black smiling bill jig heads, boy were they nice and they were all under 1$. I'm gonna have some fun dressing those.

Now I'm just waiting for the phone to ring, there's a black van staal with my name on it :laugha: Thats the only way I'm ever gonna own a VS :tooth:

:kewl: Good way to spend an afternoon. Thanks to those involved in putting this on. I got some things I needed, got some stuff that I didn't, met some people, listened to a couple guys that catch way more than me, saw some huge dead fish and old plugs. I'm glad that I went. Now I just want to fish.

Boycotting???? No, not really. I saw a bunch of people a little over a month ago at plugfest. As far as buying stuff; the vendors I would have gone to see weren't there, but will be at RIISA next weekend. So I will go to that show seeing as I have never been to it.

how's about we ALL wear those wigs?:think: Official headgear. I gotta batch of plugs going now. One's got your name on it.

I wish I could have made the show this year but it just did not happen trying to get the boat in the water. The sad part is the weather was cold and we did not accomplish the things we wanted. Congrats to the men and women who worked hard in putting the show together.

Respectfully,

Capt Dave Waldrip

Made the rounds at the show and thought it was great. Stocked up on rubber at M&D and some offshiore stuff at the Hook-up. Got there at 10 and there was plenty of room, no lines and plenty of product out. It was a bit dim and sort of narrow on the field side but overall it was a good time.

Thought it was a cool show, always good to see you mugs. Bill & Steve realy had their chit together and drove good points home. Good job! Glad I've been able to go on sundays last few years I can see how a big crowd on saturday could be a bit much....Thanks MSBA President Pat and army. :claps::claps::claps:

goodtimes.
i got dave rubber, black p.j. tin, and a friggen sweet calcutta bait hoodie. and raffle tickets!

I thought the show was great in it's new venue at Gillette Stadium. Everyone from MSBA really worked their A$$ of and made it work.

Thanks to everyone who stopped by The Hook-Up's booth. It was good to see you and to see all the old friends I bumped into while rambline around the upper deck at Gillette.

Bill

I thought the show was good as well.......met a couple guys from the site and probably walked by a few more I didn't have the balls to introduce myself to. Good to talk to John R and KarlF and finally place the face with the names (happy B-Day Karl, I would have given you the last sip of my beer as I walked out, if I had known..:gu: ). Nice job to all who were there. I enjoyed myself. Looking forward to seeing more at the RI show next weekend. Got to see the imfamous Canalman and Fishaholic eels as well. SCHWEEET!!!(my woodstove would have been a good trade) I'll go back next year as well, no matter where it is.
P.S. The only complaint I have was the beers were still $7.00!!! But the Harpoon booth was a nice touch!!!! I thought that at the end of the show on Sunday, they would have made the cups bigger!!!!!

I was hoping to see ya there Steve, always enjoy chatting with you. It's as fun as ya make it I guess. I had fun.

This was my first MSBA show and I tip my hat to all the organizers and all behind the scenes. Clearly much effort went into putting this together. Thanks for a job well done!

"I bought a Salty Bug lure.so we'll see how the foto comes out."

Please stop the entire internet for a brief second and note. Not only for the fact that Nib got a real off the peg Salty's lure but the fact that he wouldn't sing for a free one :lm:

Resume

Nice seeing you Nib. Show me large. Remember 3 seconds.

It was good to see John, I met ChrisL and btched about expensive pliers and sunglasses when the cheapos do the trick. I did buy some stuff, a Point Jude Tuna-Pac, I saw those last year (at the best MSBA show :hidin: ) but never picked them up.
a bunch of jig heads and some other terminal gear from the guy next to monahans.

MSBA did a great job as always ( the free beer both was huge ::thanks: ), I miss the south shore locations, but I also miss the saw dust on the floor of Building19

nib caved in :hihi:

Great to meet John, Christian and the rest! :D

Bob - I don't think you were overly critical, your experience was different then mine but after reading and conversing with you online for several years, I certainly value your opinion...


Now one thing did happen today, extremely easy load OUT to go home :btu:

I'm guessing around 300 SB'ers were there over this weekend - GREAT showing folks!

Thanks everyone and good to see / meet all of you that I did!

I had such a horrible time at this years MSBA show I didnt even go. I stayed home and worked all weekend. That show was just horrible :gu: :bl2:

Ahh, Steve, I am confused. Seems you don't know as much as you think here. I was talking about a couple certain vendors who refuse to participate. If you remember, I supported your "cause" and still do. You need to learn something as I did long ago, you need to sit back and take a deep breath as there is no one following you, trying emulate you or really needs to. Like I have been told before, don't flatter yourself and get the real truth before you go off half cocked. Now, that being said you can hate me, dislike me curse me and tell everyone who listens I am a piece of %$%$%$%$, who cares?:huh: :uhuh: Like in baseball, you really need to learn the players before you can call a game

ok girls, go to your corners and face the walls :hihi: timeout chairs :hidin:
fish will be here soon and misunderstandings or whatever will all be behind us.


back to the show
THANKS all who helped out MSBA by coming to the show and thanks to all who bought raffle tickets :btu: I failed to sell some to stifftip before I left but maybe he dipped into that tight wallet of his before I left;)
Saw some more S-B'ers this AM, got a TT needle:happy: and Danny got a nice PNG roman type swimmer, you made his day. You should have heard the conversation between my 2 kids today when we got home, each one comparing what they got at the show-Dan would brag about lots of rubber baits and stuff he got and all the free stuff, then Jenna came back with " well you didn't get a signed Habs' needle" :p then Dan would say well he wasn't there and back and forth, it was hilarius.Brother and sisterly love :D

I did not get the call on the Arra rod or the msba raffle so I guess I didn't win, oh well, congrats whoever did.

Worked both days in the Rhode Island Popper booth. Met a lot of people from S-B, which was really great. I think all the guys from MSBA should be commended for the show. It was well run and getting in at the beginning of the show and getting out at the end ran very smoothly. I'm sure any of the problems that happened this year will be ironed out for next years show.

I stuffed the box when I was working the raffle table yesterday and didn't get a call either, maybe tomorrow? I couldn't put the Van Staal down oh except when I dropped it. Lol great show guys loved it.

Vendors love easy in and easy outs at shows. ;) I've done a couple dozen shows with the Edge from Kingston, MA to Somerset, NJ and it's almost always a nightmare. Good to hear someone figured out how to get people in and out. Nothing's worse then killing yourself all week for a show and then at the end waiting all evening to get out.

I'm mentally preparing myself now for the loading dock battles that are sure to ensue in Providence later this week... :rocketem: The cranky union "help" at the Convention Center leaves a lot to be desired sometimes and there are way too few loading docks.

Glad the show was sucessful and truly sorry we missed it. Just in case, and responding to what Im reading above our decision was not in any way a boycott ,it was just physically impossible to do both shows. Norb just got back from a long trip & I am buzy moving into a new house. Next year(if invited back hopefully) we will be there for sure, wherever and whenever it is held.
Fine bunch of people run this and I feel guilty as all hell that I disappointed them , but I just could not do it this year.

Never saw such an organized exit as that one ('course I was out in the first third) but it was stupidly smmoooooth...

It must of had something to do with the guy who was running the loading dock !!!:wave:

ooooow stevey sharp but honest tongue .love your opinions .
 

ooooow stevey

Who's stevey??
:tm:

I enjoyed it! Went on Sunday from 10:30-3:00 or so. Easy to get in and out of, clean, well staffed and informative. Enjoyed seeing many of you guys there and picked up a few goodies to boot.

I thought it was better then then mall basement even though it took me longer to get to foxboro. There was more room and the theaters were much larger and more organized to give presentations. Places you could sit down and relax for a few moments with a brew and watch OTW fishing show(s) that were broadcasting on all those flat screens. Parking was excellent and the view was nice too.

Well done.

MSBA
 

I'd like to thanks MSBA first for the show. Patrick and ALL the volunteers did one PISSER job putting this together with what they had. Here's how it went NO BS....11:45 get in line in the parking lot... 12:40 next in line, 12:45 at the loading dock. No clue what's going on....these guys swarmed me like freaking bees we had the truck unloaded in 10 minutes onto TWO carts..I went to park the truck....walked back....1:05 I walk back into the loading dock and all my stuff is gone....walked upstairs and it was all unloaded into my space. Holy crap man that blew me away. Nice.
Leaving you got into line I got #8 and was out of there by 5:30 COMPLETE. One volunteer and a extra cart along with all the guys from the booth.

VERY nice job guys. That is the part that stinks...in and out...especially when you have alot of stuff like I did.

No sugar coating guys..

Pros...nice location. Easy access to bathrooms, my aisle was pretty wide and could still be walked through. Easy in easy out-do it like this again and more will be back and will come...Well laid out for navigation too. Seminar room worked out nice too.

Cons...NOT complaining just letting you guys know honestly...the low light problem in the inside aisle. Next year pull the curtains maybe. The aisles in the larger room were WAY too narrow. Not quite the armpit alley of the old basement location but not too far. Food was expensive. I know I know it's the location but still $$$
The walk is brutal when it's cold/windy. That is a long way to walk from those back parking lots to the front extrance.
Ceiling height was way too low. 9' ceilings inside the beams but there are beams over almost every booth so you get the sense there is a low ceiling hight in there. Again not complaining but I had to move my entire display 4' forward to clear the ceiling by 2" and lost a significant portion of my booth which made things harder to move in there most of the day on Saturday. Again not complaining just letting you know. We worked with what we had which was fine.

Too bad also if you didn't get any TV coverage..they were setup at the Foxboro SP station down the street on the way in it would have been a easy detour for the hippo's to pull in the parking lot and shoot some tape....I'll speak with the guys at Ch5 next time I'm in there....Liz Brunner looks better in person and maybe she can do the weather from there :D

THANKS...

Not only to the guys that killed their weekends helping not only in the show but to the guys who helped in the booth all weekend too. Good bunch of guys and some good laughs.

Thanks to everyone for your support this year. Met alot of new faces which was really great. Sorry I didn't get to ratchetjaw with more it was pretty busy even on Sunday.

See you guys next weekend. Feels like it's tomorrow already
:wid:


Mental block time....WHO dropped the Olive/White jointed swimmer in my hand on Saturday...was a plug turned out of a blown up blank from the plugfest. I feel like a tard for not remembering now.

First of all I'd like to thank everyone for the kind words and praise.
To everyone who attended, venders and volnteers Thanks you.
And the biggest thanks to Basic Patrick and all his committee members for pulling this off in just over 2 months time.
This was no easy task and as a PROUD MEMBER OF MSBA, I thank you ALL !!!

Salty,
I was the guy who dropped off the olive jointed swimer. :wave: Just my way of saying thanks for the wood..
-Dave

DJiggin VERY nice plug. Made my day. Sorry I couldn't talk longer but I remembered that one! My fav color too. I don't fish others wood...but this one I will guarantee you will see a place on the rods this year. Jigman knows where. Thanks again!

Well... On a positive note :rolleyes:

We had a great time and learned a lot. Thanks to everyone who made our show a success... sold every single Real-Eel we had now I just can't wait to see what you guys catch on these things. From an exhibitors standpoint I learned invaluable lessons... I learned how hard it is to make an attractive booth... and the best looking booth in the whole place belonged to Salty Bugger.... just beautiful nice work Scott :claps: Thanks to Pt Jude Joe for displaying the Real-Eel for us on the wobble head... which by the way swims "pissah" as mac would say :hihi: and to Habs for his lessons in Plug-dom... all were taken and stored... met some awesome people Like stripahdan from Stripa Tackle and Alan and Jen from Got Stryper Charters... Awesome people all. The biggest thanks goes out to Chris, Patrick and the rest of the msba staff.... damn the naysayers.... that show went off great... we'll be back next year and....... I think I see a ferry ride in my future :hihi:

Thanks again!!
-Dave