Symptoms of the disease - Lets here them.

[j35]

your wife aks you if you are ready for your fathers day gift and you say " umm welll, ummm, i really need to go pick up eels for tonight before the shop closes.....but i'll be really quick"

[afterhours]

you take five fishing rods, three plug bags, and your waders on your honeymoon

[Notaro]

you keep going to b&t shops for no reasons, but just to shop and purchase items that you dont really need.


you just keep comparing relationships with fishing.


you keep buying AH spooksters because you are losing it everytime and fireline doesnt hold out much.

you forgot to take care of your reels and send them to maddog2020, the reel doctor.

you got a spending habit.

you choose fishing voer friendships and women. that's a nirvana.

[McSpooled]

o Proud of the 'sand box' you could fill with all the sand around the area you
hose off your waders!

o Quelling your wifes suspicions you're leaving her by justifying the necessity of
having half your wardrobe in your truck at all times.

o Finding you're using 'fishing' words in too many work related situations, i.e.
structure, fishy, etc etc.

[Justfishin']

You wrap your own rods, and never get that last coat of finish on 'cause you need that rod tonight
You turn your own plugs so you can have the best patterns-and get to the surf and find they're hitting the one you didn't make 'cause you thought it would'nt work
You lose a job 'cause you stayed for the morning bite
You put off getting a new job because it's Fall -Thank God I married the perfect woman- she understands
People think you have substance abuse 'cause you look like this for three months

[reelecstasy]

You sit at your desk in a cube and see a scale on your chair and think it's cool.
You hear someone say skishing and think for a minute it is a good idea to dress as a seal and bob in the water
You haven't worn a nonfishing t-shirt since spring.
Getting a sore neck while driving into work because you drive the coast for an hour and stare out the passenger window looking for blitzes and birds, everyday...

[The Dad Fisherman]

You have the Receptionist at your Company Call you when she see's a bunch of birds working the water outside your office.

You can't get your a$$ to work on time....but you sure as hell can have your butt standing on a rock in the dark a half hour prior to when you think things MIGHT get going.

Blurple IS a color
Parrot is not just a bird
Schoolbus is not just something your kids ride on
Chicken Scratch is something other than poor penmanship
Wonderbread is not just for sandwiches any more.
and its no longer Gay to own something thats either Pink or Chartreuse.

[RIROCKHOUND]

You go to a friends thesis defense, put your foot up on the seat behind you and the girl next to you asks if those are fish scales on your boot... you deny that and make a mental note to keep the other foot (with dried bluefish blood on it) on the ground....

[piemma]

You make up stories about relatives passing away so you can have 3 days off during the fall run. (I actually did this 3 years ago. I am SO ashamed)