Fishermen are sort of weird.  First off they poise themselves against a pretty crafty finned animal with strange habits.  Each species has its own cleverness that makes the challenge to catch them a game to the fishermen.  Every fisherman I know would like to catch the “big one” every time they hit a lake or stream, but that does not happen all that often.  Maybe it’s just getting out and trying that keeps me and my fishing buddies going.  After all, there is a finned critter cruising past my minds eye right now and it is the biggest fish in the lake.

Fishermen are also crafty on their own.  Ever go into a sporting goods store and look at the assortment of fishing items on the wall?  That is a fun thing to do and the next time you go in, look especially at the names of the things.  Not necessarily what the packaged thing is, but just the name.

Some are called “rat finkies”, “ice flies”, “paddle bugs”, “gitzits”, “swedish pimples”, “daredevils” and there are a ton more.  And then you get into the “sub species” of the names…”tube jigs” can come in sizes ranging from “minis” to huge 8 inch monster pieces of plastic!  Oh and the colors…red, pink, white, green, black, blue, pumpkin, crayfish, oil, pumkin seed and on and on.

Maybe today you should venture into a store that sells this stuff and wander through the aisle with this stuff.  You’ll have a good laugh for sure.  Keep in mind also, that most of these items are there to catch something.  Most of which is the fisherman who imagines his line has one of these “thingies” tied on and a huge fish chasing it down to munch it up and get caught by the fisherman.

Good luck to all!  May your tackle box be filled with these contraptions that caught exactly what is was meant to catch….your bucks!

Bears Butt

Jan. 2012