Guys - I want to give Frances (nobody calls me Frances
) the benefit of the doubt here and a chance to make things right, by making things right I mean a chance to participate in the forum. If he's trying to just spam, that will come out in the wash. If he wants to participate and not promote his lures, that would be good. It all comes out in the wash.
I just sent him a mildly conditional olive branch in the chance that this is a thread that spiraled badly instead of open spam. How he responds will be up to him. But if he responds openly and honestly and wants to be a member of our little community I think that might be good for all (including BM - cause this guy is from PA and not Jersey
). Here is a little bit of my response to his PM - it doesn't include the spam sctuff:
I welcome you to remain as a member and to share knowledge, some fun, and maybe even pickup a thing or two. I welcome someone that has something to contribute and I think you have a lot of knowledge. But in fairness to the people that help keep the lights on, I really can't allow any shameless plugs to push merchandise. If what you want to do is to move merch and get free advertising across the net, its not welcome here. If you want to be a member and particiapte in the forums and maybe even enjoy it a bit , I encourage you and the Mrs to stick around. We DO haver a great bunch here, some awesome knowledge, fantastic talent, some fun, and some 'tude 
but you are welcome to come aboard with those guidelines. So this is not a product knock. Just trying to see if we can get on the same page...
Ball is in his court. he may have ben honest and things fell apart. If that's the case I think he should still be welcomed and we can get by this. If he truly wants to spamn, thats just not possible ...
For everyone relatively new - if you want to have a laugh and get a little history of spamming on S-B, check these threads on Penetrator Lures:
http://www.striped-bass.com/vbulleti...ght=penetrator
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http://www.striped-bass.com/vbulleti...203&perpage=15