YOU KNOW YOU'RE A REAL FISHERMAN IF.....
1. You spend more on lures and bait than food.
2. ...you're fishing on Superbowl Sunday
3. ...you get a date by telling fishing stories.

(paraphrased from sea-trout.net)

There's probably more you can add to that bit of humor...be my guest.

This posting is to all that pursue the mighty steelhead. "HAPPY NEW YEAR" ><> ><> ><> ><> ><>

Your rod & reel are worth more than your car!

When rain is a good thing.
Your cologne is ode de bait.
And you brag about having a noodle rod!

You must check with your fishing partner before taking wife out to dinner on the weekend.

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rip some lips

your rods are your most prized possesions

Your favorite cologne is "chum entrails" and you take freezing cold showers because it reminds you of a normal day of winter steelheading.

your idea of a wedding ring has corn or a maggot on the tip of it
a screaming reel is better than a screaming woman
your most prized possesions are kept in a tackle box not a jewelry box

When your truck gets broke in to and you are not mad because they missed your pole and reel.

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dank
Keep The Rivers Clean!

When you post on the internet to complete strangers, and ask questions about the sensitivity of their rod.

When a friend tells you he "scored" and "got some" you ask "how long?, how many?, what did they weigh?"

You go to work with a 102 degree fever so you can use your "sick day" when the next rain comes.

You know the hatchery info lines by heart! All of them.

1. You rearend someone with your truck on a bridge because you were looking to see what shape the river is in.
2. You actually have phone conversations of more than a couple of grunts when your fishin' buddies call with the report.
3. You know the grocery stores that do and don't carry borax.

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You go by your local grocery store and get pissed off at the fact that there is wild steelhead for $2.99 a pound.

You guys are scaring me...I'm starting to believe 90 percent of these are true!
Somebody contact the State Health Officials, maybe we can deem this addiction a "DESEASE" and get some gov't assistance.
...A Corky Exchange Program!!
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Smelly jelly to you smells better than your wifes perfume.

.... you start to name your plugs and would risk like and limb to save one of them (MR Spots and Johnny coho )
....you use your stream themometer to keep checkin your temp because you promised your wife if your temp goes above 103 that you'll come home

When the only pictures in your wallet are of the last big steelie you released, and your kids pictures are buried beneath it.

When you steal money from your kids piggy bank to buy a cup of coffee on the way to the river.

When you walk by the Playboys, for the most recent issue of STS.

When you get pis*ed off if the sun shines on your vacation, and you're stoked if it rains for 6 days straight.

You have a name for each and every one of your fishing rods.

When you plan the birth of your future children not to coincide with the heaviest runs of fish in your rivers ( I did this one)

When you sprout wood at the sound of raindrops on your roof in March

When the thought of your significant other tying spawn bags the night before a big trip gets you aroused.

when caressing your woman leaves scales and fish slime on your hands

when your rod quits performing you can throw it in the trash and buy a new one

when you go to a fabric or sewing store for star beads and colored puff balls for steelheading ( done this)

Your fishing partner says there is 10 inches in the Hoh and you know he is talking about the clarity of the water.

You actually think that "Salmonella" is a fairy tale about a girl that had to stay home on opening day and clean the house while her evil stepmother and stepsisters went fishing.

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You own more rods and reels than pairs of shoes.

You ask car dealers if they have any dirt colored vehicles.

You spend more money on tackle than food because you figure you're gonna catch something to eat.

Sleep deprivation becomes a way of life 'cause you fish so much.

...you tie up leaders on the sh!tter.

...your pinky is stinkier before the date.

...instead of once a month, you're on the rag throughout Jan, Feb and March.

...Ike and Tina aren't black, they're chrome.



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...When you erase everyones bookmarks on the computer so you can fill it with fishing sites
...when you call your cable company and ***** that they dont have enough fishing shows other then Bass fishin.
...when you buy clothes you have to make sure it will fit in with the river surroundings
...When you tell your wife that there is no christmas bonus this year so you can spend the bonus money for gear.
...When you spend more time fishing then you work

...You get busted at work for using the internet and it's Bob's, not some porn site.

...you know the Dickey doesn't go into the Hoh.

...Grandma became an Aetheist, too, cause your never there to take her to church on Sunday.

Hey, Hohwaiin;
I didn't get the one about Ike and Tina Turner?

GutZ

When you’re favorite color is pink. And yes my rod cost more then my car.

Gutz, it's not very PC, but in many steelheading circles "Ike" and "Tina" refer to a buck and hen with Holy Grail proportions.

On another note, my woman was reading through this thread and after burst out in laughter. She then reminded me of the time, two years ago, when she and I were riding in my car and got rear-ended by a truck. She razzed me that before I even asked if she was okay, I was out trying to pry the trunk open to see if my Loomis rods were alright...A sign of a "true fisherman" she said.

Thanks Kevin!!!
How's about when your father in-law calls and asks your wife what you want for Christmas and she tells him you want your own refrigerator. (reason being last nights left overs already smell bad to you and need to be thrown out...to make room for your bait)
Or, you cure 50 pounds of eggs in your bath tub using a wet brine and Kendaco RED bait dye. Turning a yellow tub to pink.
Both true stories!!

Hohwaiian you bring to mind a true incident which happened a few years ago on Hwy. 101.

A person whom I know but haven't seen in awhile slid off the road and lodged his vehicle on the only tree on the newly logged slope. After extracting his former fishing partner, who by the way was frozen with fear,
climbed back down to the car...yep you guessed it to remove his fishing gear. He told me later how embarresed he was when the EMT's chewed him out for doing it.
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...you don't take your wife out late on fri./sat. night so that you can wake up early the next day to go fishing!

When your wife gives you a new Steelhead/salmon rod for your birthday without a reel.....then says $_____!!! for a reel! By the way it's a Orvis TL108 Trident rod and I am going for the CFO V Saltwater reel for it!! I am going to be a happy camper when it comes in at the Orvis Store.
This is a true story and I love my wife as this is the second fly rod she had bought for me, and the first one had a reel!!!

When you find a secret spot on the river in a beautiful canyon which is protected by a pack of horny sasquatches who repeatedly rape you but you don't care because the fishin' is just so damn good there!

HEY your not coming here for the fishing anymore. ARE YOU?!?!?!

Whoever said that Sasquatches were gentle and caring creatures has got it all wrong.

Those things can be really rough sometimes!

When you quit using drugs so you have more money to buy fishing gear and go fishing!
Peace Superfly

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When you get married on a month that doesn't have any strong runs, so future anniversary vacations won't ruin a possible fishing expedition.

Saukit2em;
And I thought that screaming was the Sasquatch !

GutZ

In my case,when every speeding ticket you've ever gotten has been early in the morning on the way to the boat launch or fishing hole.

When your truck has the faint aroma of rotten chum and old neoprene, so you buy a airfreshner every week to swing from the gear shift.

Bobber Down

Keep your hooks sharp!

Kore, close, but how about getting married and then making your honey-moon a road trip up 101 from Oregon up around the Olympic Peninsula. Of coarse planning all your nightly stops in strategic fishing areas.
Thats what I did. Could never imagine a greater wife though. She puts up with a lot.
Loves to fish has gone on hunts with me and works in AK with me in the summer living in a tent for 2 and 1/2 months. OH, and I almost forgot to mention, she gets up at "o" dark thirty with me in the morning and shuttles my rig for me too.

When you convince your wife that going flyfishing in Montana would be a way to celebrate your honeymoon. Also a true story.

Funny, johnny. I didn't see your post.

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14 years ago this year.........on the Nisqually fishing nates while my son was being born, still never hear the end of that one! Both the wife and son have March 14th birthdays and they know I'm going to be fishing that day every year!!!

when you convince your wife that a honeymoon in yellowstone was the way to go.

when you say you'll go to the store for your wife to get her something to eat. And in reality your only going because you forgot to pick bait up for tomorow.

when you secretly pick up a new rod and leave the receipt on the front seat of the truck and that six sense tells her to go and look in the truck.

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