"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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Anybody here (here - here - here.....)

Pretty empty (empty - empty - empty....)

Oh - nice echo (echo - echo - echo....)

Hmmmm - anybody up for some acapella do wop from
the good old days (days - days - days....)


Yesterday, feeling aimless, visited Bass Pro Shops in Auburn NY. The lure
department alone is the size of a typical IGA supermarket. In order to
create the fishing equivalent of being downwind from a good bakery at 7:00
AM, they have an enormous tank full of local fish species to tantalize the
customers. I managed to escape after spending just $16.00, because I've
pretty much memorized what's in my tackle box, and what's in the spare
inventory box in the basement. My female chaperone, theoretically there to
help me stick to my budget, was not so lucky. She dropped close to $150.00.
I've never really watched a woman shop for lures before, but it wasn't much
different from the way they shop for clothes. Wander, touch, say
"Oooh....this is pretty!", bounce in some random way to a different display.
I reminded her that she has a penchant for throwing sinking lures right on
top of evil sunken branches, and pointed out some jigs with those stiff weed
guards. Response: "Yeah, but they're not as pretty as these other ones".

Brilliant marketing at this place. A stretch of the parking lot was loaded
with boats all ready to tow away, all chained to the guard rail. They'd
shoveled paths through the snow to make sure winter-addled victims could get
close enough to fondle the merchandise.