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! :)

Where are all the plug competition pics? lets see them.
I love to see all the crazy things people make for this event.

Here's my handcarved..
 

Before being fished
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u...ood/myplug.jpg

Like Zorro!

Yeah, Mr.Sandman, we gotta talk next time.:kewl:

Great job by all. Mike, Barb and Felicia Thomas, Slip, JR, and everyone else who put this together.

Thanks to Goo Goo Man for the plug and tips. Same to Wahlie. Larry it was nice chatting. Raven hope ya got your car squared away.

Felt crappy Friday and ended up leaving very early Saturday. By the time I got home I was running a temp of 102 degrees with all the aches to go with it.

Nice to see Eddie, and chat with numby for a few. Sorry I missed the demos, but glad I left when I did.

Hope to see you guys again in the future and thanks again.

Ditto chumbucket.

Every now and again I run into a fishing visitor on a MV beach and notice some amazing plug on the end of the fellows line, I ask him who made it and he says "chumbucket"...I always respond the same...some day I am going to get me a chumbucket plug...someday. We probably passed with a few feet of each other. I was easy to pick out....I was with Mrs. Sandman one of the only few females roaming around. I was looking to say hi to a few other guys but I could not track them down in the mob, it was busy.
next time...

Bigfish... I did say HI and you said hi back...but you were involved with 3 other guys and had your hands full...next time.

As always Mr. Sandman...my loss!:tooth: