Best summer (So Far) Story of 2009 Contest - win pluggage

[jredfly]

The other night it was late and I was having a hard time tying some leaders with the fluorocarbon I had. I called my friend and he said to find some 25 lb mono. I look through my bags and bingo there was a spool. I start lacing them up - I even added my teaser rigs. I don't know what made me look again but I spotted the price tag on the spool and it said WOOLWORTHS. I can't even remember when the last Woolworths was around. It was probably 20 years ago - gotta love that Ande line. I tossed the line but I probaly should have saved it for a collectors item.

[scottw]

odd....I was tossing bucktails with Rudy from the SWE in early July in heavy surf in a very rocky area when I found bottom 50 or 60 yards off and had to break it off, I tied on another and cast and reeled up noticing that my bucktail looked odd...there hanging from my new bucktail was the one that I'd just lost hanging upside down hook to hook...no line, no mess of weed, just the lure....both tied by me so I know that it was the one I'd just lost...I mentioned Rudy as he is my witness, mentioned the terrain because I could envision this maybe happening bouncing along a sandy bottom but not this type of bottom, hard to calculate the odds given the distance, seas and structure but pretty neat...it was during a great week of fishing so I figured I was just ON!

best....first trip out with my 10 year old daughter this season early on she hooked up with a 28" bass on her first cast, this was prior to any reports of any "keepers" roaming the local waters, she's addicted and get's better each time out...hope she'll still find time when she gets a little older...

[jredfly]

Great story with catching your bucktail - who wooda thunk. Tell your daughter congrats, great fish!!!

[JohnR]

OK, lessee, wrap this up tomorrow - Thursday - at 6PM for stories and then I'll set up a vote.

Thanks!

John

[JohnR]

Bump - I guess we'll end this over the weekend - been a little busy