I heard Obama is going to have the Feds start a tackle company because he feels the cost of spoons and good hooks are too high.

After $300,000,000 study of bank fisherman on NW rivers during the peak of the salmon season, they found most fisherman could only afford a couple of large cheap treble hooks and one heavy sinker, plus they could only fit an old halibut rod with a 30 year old spinning reel into there budget. There was an even less fortunate group that could only afford an old junk net to string across the river, this group didn't even have the funds to check it frequently because of high fuel prices. Others were only able to gather fish in the terminal areas with a club during the night. They determined this group must be working two jobs and could only make it to the river on their limited off hours.

The solution is to impose a 40% tax on all businesses that sell quality tackle to fisherman that don't need to resort to these methods of fishing to put food on the table. This will also include a tax on the fisherman that buy from these quality tackle suppliers.

If needed the government will purchase several tackle companies that they feel have been trying to make a profit off of poor fisherman (as described above) and distribute tackle to them at little or no charge.

If the evil, wealthy fisherman (those that buy quality tackle) decide to not buy tackle based on the new taxes imposed, or if small startup companies that sell very good products go out of business due to lack of sales and high taxes, there is a plan.

The plan will be to fine all fisherman that don't buy the tackle package the government has stipulated they should use, whether the tackle is needed or not. They feel this should help the poor abused lesser fisherman on the banks that make up the backbone of the sport.

New government required takle. This includes better treble hooks in assorted sizes, plus sinkers in various weights. There is also an upgraded package that combines the treble hook and sinker into one unit. Both packages include new 50 lb mono..