[JohnR]

Striped-Bass.com



I hate to do run another auction / raffle on Striped-Bass.com as we have had a LOT of them, for charities, this past year. We also have ONE charity raffle coming up probably around the end of the year that will be announced later on. One thing which has happened is that with all these raffles directly through or in conjunction with S-B for Don, Emma, Katrina Relief, Chris' nephew, I have neglected to run a fall raffle in support of keeping the lights on at S-B. The till is fairly empty (but not critical yet) and will need a recharge and I don't have enough spare personal funds to kick in to the site at this time (nor do I want to work at CompUSA to support S-B ).



So I am putting up for raffle, a few items I have accumulated over the years in plug donations made by some of the our plug builders, a 9’ rod I purchased at the MSBA Show last year – the All Star with the World Serious Logo woven into the butt wrap ( I have not fished it).



9 foot Conventional All Star wrapped by Hatteras Jacks with the Red Sox “B” woven on one side of the butt wrap and the World Series Trophy 2004 on the other (I have never mounted a reel on this rod, it is brand spanking new, but has a couple small mars on the butt section below the handle – not on the wrap.



Almost one entire set from the 2004-2005 S-B Builders Plug Swap (you can pry the Slipknot Tiger Needle from my cold dead hands). This was the set that the builders gave to me. There is another set that was to be used for a site raffle that I instead will raffle off for this winter’s charity raffle.



Four to Five custom wooden plugs from previous plug swaps.



8-10 other plugs donated by S-B builders over the past couple years to benefit the site as needed.



An ABU Garcia 6500 TCST Tournament Striper Reel (new in box), donated by the MSBA and would match very nicely if one was also fortunate to win the rod J.



1 Al Gags NEW 2005 Needlefish



2 #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^& Custom Plugs.



One set of ten very nice Flys from Weaza’s Teasers and Flys a/k/a Swimmer from the site (that I won in a raffle J )



I’m debating on whether or not to put up the very first Fly I have ever tied



I may have a few other odds and ends to sweeten the pot and I will have pictures and a formal web page up this weekend.



Unlike other sites that have online stores or are front ends that support a back end business, Striped-Bass.com is a community that keeps the lights on by sponsor advertisements and by raffles and events, designed to benefit the site. S-B is made for it’s members and supported by its members. We do not have a lot of sponsors (I get an average of six requests per month to become a sponsor) and only the best sponsors. I could sign up everyone that wants to throw money at S-B but I don’t want to flood people with popup adds (and I would NEVER give out people’s info, though I have been approached before to sell that info – would never do it though). So if S-B has helped you in some way, please think of a small way to give back. If you have met new friends, learned a new method, received divine inspiration from some of our bandwidth hogs, or simply consumed a lot of bandwidth please buy some tickets and maybe win a great prize or two in the process.


I figure I will start this raffle this weekend and run it until probably the S-B mini-cookout in a couple weeks at the MS Tourney or at a following "Club" Meeting over some beer and wings on Airport Rd in Warwick - details to follow.

Thanks!



John Redmond

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