A poster below asked about a "steelhead dictionary" to help him to understand the terms that make up our steelhead culture. Here goes a few...

He asked about "Lurker"- a lurker is someone who follows what happens on bulliten boards such as this, but doesn't contribute unless he/she feels the need to bag on a particular person or ***** about a particular topic. Not really seen as a good thing on a bulliten board...

"Cracker"- a very important term for a newbie to know, especially so as to not be one. A cracker is someone who has no idea what they're doing, but thinks they do, or worse, wanders around the river or boat launch telling everyone how much they (don't) know. There are some good signs to see if someone is a cracker or not.
1. sneakers and jeans on riverbank, or hip boots, or sneakers over neoprenes.
2. spinning rod, especially if yellow, with the rod upside down, reel on top. Also, calling a fishing rod a "pole". A "pole" is generally of a bright color, red or green, and comes as a combo in April for about ten to twenty bucks. If they really are using a pole, then they really are a cracker. No need to look any closer.
3. piece of yarn tied to rod tip so they can see when they have a "bite".
4. getting a "bite"-steelhead are not lake rainbows. They don't bite, they hit.
5. yellow rain jacket
6. using a Buzz Bomb for river chums
7. using a big red corky and long green yarn to fish for steelhead during very low, clear, water flows.
8. tackle box on riverbank
9. "boot" on stringer (see below)
10. issue of FHN in back pocket (j/k, couldn't help myself)

You don't need all of these to be a cracker, but if you notice more than one or two of these characteristics in someone, they are likely a cracker. Not a good thing to be.

"chromer"-a bright, fresh fish. a.k.a. "two-toner"

"boot"-not a chromer. An old salmon or steelhead. Sometimes very old. Often seen in one of three places; a. dead, washed up on riverbank, b. spawning, or c. hanging from a stringer being carried by a cracker.

"long-liner"-someone who thinks that the best fishing is always at the extreme limit of their casting ability, especially if that spot is within four feet of where you're standing. Also, a float fisherman who lets his float drift from the creek at Reiter damn near to the cable hole.

"fin clip"- hatchery fish missing adipose fin, or ventral fin

"bonk"- to kill a fish. See also, "applying the wood shampoo", "whack", "deliver", etc.

"schmeg"-the stuff an egg fisherman gets all over his waders, rods, reels, vest, rocks around him, trees around him, and all over the boat. For me, it generally seems to be everywhere except on the very clean rag hanging from my belt.

"keeper"- fin clipped chromer

"partner"- someone who pays for gas, coffee, bait, and loans gear. At least pays for their own. Good thing to have.

"leech"-someone who fishes with you who is not a "partner".

"expert"-someone who caught a fish this morning.

All right guys, let's hear some more, either useful or humorous. Preferably both.

Fish on...

Todd.

Bow Boy- A Partner that doeswnt catch any fish for a trip or two, but still is very good at pulling the bow anchor.

Wait, Wait, Wait, I've got to interject something here. First, let me start by saying that I own a pair of $70.00 wading boots that I cant stand.... They hurt my feet like crazy, so I took an old pair of my younger brother's converse High tops (about three sizes larger than what I usually wear) and tried them on over my waders.... I love them! Does that mean I'm a cracker?! God I hope not! If that's what everyone thinks when I come down to the riverbank then it looks as though I'm going to have to throw those things away and put on my very expensive yet uncomfortable wading boots just so that people wont think I'm a cracker. Man, I hope no one saw me wearing those tennis shoes.

Good topic Todd!

- nates: native steelhead (or guys named Nate)
- brats: hatchery steelhead (why brats instead of hats?)
- flossing: using really long leaders to float thru lots of stacked up fish, trying to hook the fish on the outside of the jaw
- snagger: ultra cracker lowlife that can't get fish to bite legally
- doughball: clutz that can't fish worth a crap
- moderator: target
- columnist: target
- BB opinion expresser: target
- butt wax: Prep H on plugs (fishing plugs - it works!)
- smoker: grey to brown fish that should be released
- bait robbers: bullhead mud-dobbers, sqawfish, coho, egg whores low on eggs

Lots more.

All right, I'll take a few shots at myself before someone else gets it in their mind to!!

"elitist"-someone who thinks everyone else is a cracker (since I've fingered 95% of the fishermen as being one! Thanks, Marsha! )

"high-brow, fly-flinging, scotch-drinking, cigar-smoking, down-nose-looking, fish-harrassing, spawner-targeting, catch and release advocating, yuppie Puget Sound computer executive, elitist"- somehow I get characterized as this since I'm a firm c-n-r advocate for native steelhead. The reality is that my brow is quite low, I don't flyfish much, use pounds of eggs per week, scotch tastes like kerosene and beer is good, I hate the taste of cigars but can put down a can of Copie on a long day of fishing, I don't target spawners, I don't work on computers, and I swear a lot when I fish, though mostly in good humor.

Seems these days all you have to do is say "catch and release" and all the rest comes with it.

Hmm...what else? I'm out of self-deprecating remarks now. Do I even need to ask for help, or is it forthcoming anyway? :p

Have at it!

Todd.

Horse - To force a fish in too fast

Milk - To play a fish too long

Hen - female fish

Buck - male fish

Hawg - a really big fish

(there seems to be a farm theme here)

Hog line - boats or bankies stretched across a river in a line

Bait ball - school of bait fish

Broom stick - very stiff fishing rod

on my home river we call a cracker a newt...don't know where it came from.

another definition for a cracker - someone who always grabs the net but usually ends up knocking the fish off "oops, sorry dude!" Is there another term for this?

Also, what do you call someone who seem to be fishing right, has all the right stuff, seems to know their stuff, casts in the right places but never seems to catch anything. I have a couple relatives like this....I just call them fishless!!

Beak-----> Canadian version of a cracker....our version loves a spinning reel and camo waders, may sometimes be confused with an Yank.

Bullet----> same as chromer

Guts-------> roe, eggs

Snakes------> pink rubber worms

Doe------> hen steelies

Coffee Grinder-----> spin cast reel

Yank-----> Usually spotted with a coffee grinder and rod under 9'...loves crowds, friendly, thinks the Vedder is a wilderness experience(no offence 4Salt!)

None taken Matt

You mean to tell me that the Vedder ain't no wilderness river? Well I'll be dipped in sh!t!

p.s. My rod is DEFINITELY longer that 9 feet! And when I was a lot younger, I was known to *Yank* it every now and then.

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FOP-- generally seen driving a cartopper around Tillamook bay and spending most of their time looking behind them. (stands for f@$%&*@ old people)
Dope on a rope--Jackass that ties up a good run by anchoring right in the middle of it.
Bank Maggot-- usually standing in my hole when I come around the bend in the drift boat

Aunty, Aunty, Aunty, you're killing me.

More:

Leader: The guy who always hits the hole first in your fishing group. The length of your leader depends on how many more fish he catches, i.e., since I was catching few fish, I switched over to a shorter leader.

Leader Dispenser: Usually a line like "Hey! I just saw two roll back here!", it is intended to bring the leader back to your position, so you can get in front, thereby "dispensing with the leader".

Pulling Plugs: Digging into a pouch of RedMan

Good on the Sticks: Like John Bonham, can weave through tangled melodies, keeping the ship straight.

Guides: The things on your rod that the line goes through (why do they advertise these for up to $300 bucks per day? Even my good rods only cost about that much, and I get to keep them at the end of the day).

Float fishing: Digging through the sale bin at GI Joe's for Thills and dinks.

Drift fishing: Racking your brain to follow the logic in some of these threads. Also known as trying to "catch the drift". Often harder than it sounds.

Practicing sound catch and release: Pulling your waders down every hour or so to "release" the "sounds" that have accumulated there after too much beer last night and too much coffee this morning.

Snagging: Grabbing the last jelly donut at Texaco.

Jig: A dance for celebrating a recent steelhead catch, or for getting feeling back in frostbitten feet. A Jigger is either the person doing the jig, or another name for the flask that also is intended to warm up the fisher's extremities.

Flossing: Wearing a g-string fishing.

Crackers: The softball sized rocks that are thrown at jet skiers in Sultan and Monroe.

Okie Drifter: Former bass fisherman from the Dustbowl, now fishes for steelhead from a Cataraft.

Driving: On your way to the river to fish.
Camping: Fishing with a tent.
Hiking: Travelling from hole to hole.
Shopping: Buying fishing gear.
Working: Thinking of fishing.
Sleeping: Wasting time when you could be fishing.
Watching Movies: "Quality Time" on the couch while you tie leaders and make slinkies.
Fishing: Sweating, swearing, bruising, scratching, drinking, smoking, swearing, farting, laughing, pointing, tripping, falling, spending time and money, freezing, grumbling, crying, all while trying to get a tug on your rod.

Ok, Ok...any serious ones?

slinky: parachute cord filled with buckshot, used for weight.

wool: yarn, eh.

Boondoggle: Drifting your boat at or about the same speed as the current so one cast runs the entire length of the run.

Zipperlip: I'd tell ya', but then I'd have to kill ya'. Secret fishing hole.

Lowholed: When someone steps in front of you as you move down a drift, or sets up their boat in front of you or your boat. Not nice.

Farmin' 'em: Repeatedly missing strikes, as in "feeding the fish" all your bait.

Seam: "line" between fast and slow water, where the fish tend to line up.

Root Wad, or Root Ball: Stump in the water.

Knuckle Buster: A reel that either has no drag, or has the anti-reverse turned off, so that the reel handle spins backwards as line leaves the reel. Ouch.

River Names:

Nutsack-Nooksack
Big Muddy-Skagit
Stilly-Stillaguamish
Sky-Skykomish
The Cow-Cowlitz
Bogie-Bogachiel
Yokel-Tokul Cr.

Next.

Fish on...

Todd.

Here's a few

Wheeeee-A phoney expression of glee by someone who does not know much about fishing.
Yish,geesh and yip-See above
Scissorbill-Same as cracker,doughball
Blown-River condition when high and muddy or....
Egg whore-A good friend
Bobber down-Something Osprey has never experienced
Guide shop waitresses-For me and RT only
Pool cue-Same as broom handle
Camo colored-Dark fish

My god Todd, you missed your calling. You should write the fishing dictionary. Outstanding!

GREAT POSTS GUYS!

Thanks Todd, there's alot of great info here and it's very entertaining you should put it on paper it's award winning stuff.

All right I have to try some..

Spoongoon- one who casts spoons in your egg water.
Ratfish- Excess stacked up dark silvers
SauceBucket- Where the good stuff is
Secret sauce- One you put on that always produces
Bank Maggots- Ones who fish boat water
Trash fish- squawfish, dobbers, etc

I may try more later.
Keith

Tye - Chinook over 30 pounds
Orvis Boy - Female fishermen's whipping post

kelt - a spawned steelhead

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Here's a few more:

Fish that fight really well:

Screamer
Ripper
Burner
Thumb Burner
A "hot" one

Fish that don't fight very well:

A real dog
boot
slug
sock
noodle

What happens when you get a hit:

takedown (plugs/baitdivers)
slammed
ripped
tatered
smacked
munched (bait fishing)
dunked (float fishing)
mauled

What happens when you miss a hit:

tanked one
farmed 'em
choked
whiffed
blew
waved

What you say when you hook up:

There's one!
Bam!
Fish!
Fish on!
Fish on! Fish! Fish! Fish on! Comin' down! Fish! Look out! Look out! Fish! Fish! (hooking up at Blue Creek, Barrier Dam, Reiter, Wind River, Cable Hole on Snoqualmie, Tokul Creek, and Whatcom Creek)

What do you say when you haven't caught a fish in a while and you catch a dark one?

She'll smoke up fine!

How about if you're fishing over a huge school of willing chum, especially at Hoodsport or anywhere on Hood Canal?

Oh. It's just another dog. (Duh. What'd you think it'd be?)

Good conditions?

Dialed in. Golden. Steelhead green. Emerald.

Bad?

Blown. Oatmeal. Chocolate. In the woods.
Low. Clear. Gin. Air-clear. Not there. Eye to eye fishing.

Keep 'em comin'...

Todd.

Great posts Todd!!! If you wouldn't mind, e-mail me your permission to use your posts in the Funny Fish Stories section of my book - with your name credit of course. Good stuff.

Aunty's is too - but they'd have to go into a non-fishing book.

Beek, down our way 'snake' is a long skinny spawned out hen steelhead. Boot is a dark fish.

Kunan, the guy who knocks your fish off with the net is called the "net cracker sheet". But your reference to 'horse' a fish in is right. But I continue to wonder why horses are so often used in this country for descriptive verse. Let's see ... there's:

Horse's ass - apparently a jerk; but what's wrong with an actual horse's ass? Everybody's got one!

Horse around - being playful.

Horse power - cars have hundreds of them.

Horse sh!t - not quite as bad of lie as bullsh!t?

Horse feathers/manure - the humble person's horse sh!t.

Horse face - A n g y.

Horse fly - you northern Canucks know all about those biters!

Horse d!ck - a big version of a d!ck float.

RT

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RT we gonna keep KB sufferin on that typo? Anyway a few of mine.

Piggy: Large chrome silvers

Poachers: Snaggers, Quillabilly, Cabbage Patchers

Quillabilly: snaggers,poachers, Cabbage Patchers

Got it in the mouth: gillplate, eye, throat. sometimes tail, dorsal fin, belly, ad nauseum.

Trout: downstream migrant chinook,coho and steelhead smolts.

Kuner'd them: Slayed'em

Hon'yachs: Quillabilly ad nauseum

E-moo: large black and white four legged critter

E-mew:small fourlegged cuddly furballof many color variations

Emu:large nasty two legged dinosaur looking thing

**** float:soft foam fishing device

Gooose

Wow I almost forgot about this one.
RT like
This phrase can encompass so many things while fishing.Heres a few examples
He fell down the hill in an "RT like" manner.
He wears his waders in an "RT like" fashion.
The options are endless

Stewy

Is there anything that goes with knee pads and pink high heels? I cansee special traction devices for steep muddy banks for the high heels but what about the kne pads?

Gooose

OK i gotta sep in here........

Egg whore..a "partner" who's freezer failed last Feb.

Egg Beak A "partner" that helps himself to your freezer while you are filling up the thermos.

egg shot... Netting your "partners" fish, pulling it into the boat only to discover "your" eggs on your partners hook in the fish's mouth.

pilgrim: Anyone who either at the ramp or within 15 min of lauhing fesses up to:
1. Not having the right Rod/Reel
2. Not having any of the right gear

Or. at the bait/coffee shop, convientely disappears when it's time to check out when paying for the bait/lunch/drinks/etc.

pilgrim: Anyone who either at the ramp or within 15 min of lauhing fesses up to:
1. Not having the right Rod/Reel
2. Not having any of the right gear

Or. at the bait/coffee shop, convientely disappears when it's time to check out when paying for the bait/lunch/drinks/etc.

Not from Websters:

"A-Hole"...your favorite fishing hole, your "go-to" spot; also, anyone who is in your favorite fishing hole when you arrive.

"baitcaster"...a levelwind that has been broken in, one that has been baptised in river water and in rain; it has been christened with egg, schmeg, sand, borax, and oil.

"birdnest"...the inevitable consequence of pairing a beginner with a baitcaster.

"short-lining"...fishing the waters close to you, a method of fishing after you've cut off most of your line because of a birdnest.

"Gomer"...the person to your right in a combat fishing situation.

"Goober"...the person to your left in a combat fishing situation.

"yarn freak"...a purist who catches more fish each year using a wisp of yarn, than you can catch in a decade using cures, corkies, scents, spoons, and plugs. Note: Not to be confused with "fly geek".

"conservationist"...a fisherman who loses a fish that should have been landed.

"Conservationist of the Year"(posthumously)...the person who knocked a once-in-a-lifetime fish off your line with his/her clumsy netting effort.

"sex change"...when you've lost your last di*k float and everything hanging under it. Now you must fish with boobers.

"lucky bast**d"...a person who steps into the hole you have just vacated and immediately has a hook-up.

"unlucky bast**d"...self explanatory.

"humorroids"...a condition often seen during times of stress, emotional turmoil, blown streams, and in between runs. Afflicts those who have difficulty laughing at themselves. Sufferers are only able to pass hard judgments on others. If left untreated, humorroids can develop into full blown assholism.(from Duck Soup for the Soul)

Thanks for the laughs, Todd and others.

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Weekend Warrior- Self explanatory...
Keith

Hey todd
I use sneakers with my waders. and so does my dad so whats wrong with that? JJ dude I cant afford to buy wadin shoes so I guess you can call me a cracker for usen sneakers for the past 5 years or more anyways just havin some fun with ya
Dances out

A few from todays river adventure:

OOOOONNNNNNHHHHH! : what you hear when someone feels that trickle down the back of the neck and between the shoulderblades.

DDDDDNNNNNGGGGG TTTHHHHTTTTSSSS CCCCLLLLDDD!: What you hear when someone falls over backwards in the tailout and fills their waders.

AW SH...: What you hear before a loud "sploosh"
noise.

How in the **** am I gonna get down to that ****** fish?!: What you hear when a hooked steelie decides it's safer two holes down river. The reverse statement obviously applies when that steelie decides its better off two holes upstream.

You lost another one?!? You gonna soremouth all the fish in the river today?!?: What you hear two buddies exclaim to the third partner.

River ain't gonna clear up for a week. : What you got in response to your questions about the river being a tad high.


Gooose

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Nice responses, everyone!

Dances, don't worry about it. My original definition of a cracker said you need at least a couple, or more, of the characteristics to be a cracker! BTW, my dad wears ten dollar boots from Payless Shoe Source, fake leather with lug soles, over his waders. He's not a cracker (much), but he sure falls down a lot!

Steve, of course you can use any of my stuff. I send you an e-mail for your records.

I think I may be tapped out for now. I'm fishing tomorrow, so maybe some new ones will pop up.

Fish on...

Todd.

I really have nothing to contribute-what the hell's this thread about anyway? But, RT I'll be danged if I'm gonna let you get away with bashing me so much. How many other bash posts directed toward me have you contributed to the board in threads that I don't read? All I have to say is F' you ya emu breast eatin', premy, four foot long ass cracked, sorry excuse for a woman wanna-be! J/K

BTW, gooose-I don't know about any of your fetishes yet, so unfortunately I can't make fun of you. But when I figure one out (hopefully farm animal related) loook ouut! And hey!, e-moo and e-mew were my creations dammit! I claim all copyright rights to them.

KB I believe you have a copyright on Dick Floats also :p . I'll be sure to cite this info in future posts . Ownership is important in my book! Fetishes? Who me? LOL!

gooose

Oh by the way did I mention it rained on us today?...oops sorry that was an e-mail I sent Fish4Steel. Anyway did I mention it rained on us today...yes it did . We fished and got fish anyway! Oh did I forget it rained on us today? D@mm must be all that water still in my ears thats causing me to repeat myself? Oh by the way...crap it just won't stop will it?

This is one of the best subjects ever.

A couple I use:

guarantees over:when we push off from the put-in.
pullin' plastic:backtrolling with a Jet Planer.
tupperware boat:fiberglass.
welfare motor:Mercury.
corked me:cast right on top of your gear while just passing by.
bank maggot:you already heard that one.
got one:a fish that you are just about to lose.
bleeder:man, that one ate it deep.
what did I do wrong?:just lost a nice fish that was almost ready to net.
fishing for Robins:cast up in the trees.
fishing for Gophers:cast up in the field.
the worst I've ever seen:backlash that I had to get out for you.
windshield wiper boat:guy trying to backtroll in a straight line but can't.
Meet me at 5:15 A.M.:5:30 or so.
pulled that out of our a$$:caught our only fish at the take out.
get used of the view:the stern on my boat.jk
let it out five:let line out five single passes of the level wind.

And my favorite one:Monkey Butt:sit on a damp boat seat in the morning and have itchie cheeks all day..
fp

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some good ones Freddy ... how come you're up so late??

fp-
I love the monkey butt one!!!...do you know a cure!??!

Bob, Just getting up. I'm heading up your way so I can first water you in the morning..And just responded to the Wild Steelhead 2001-02 regs...

Ryan, There is no known cure except put on the rain pants before inserting cheeks.

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Todd
I missinterpeted the post I thought you only had to have one of those quailties to be a cracker. my mistake
Dances Out

Hey Jr., how many of those cracker factors do you have anyway? Just curious.

Thanks for allowing me to use your stuff Todd. And anyone else too - this is great stuff!

Aunty, send me your "maybe can't post" ones, and I'll try my best to decipher em.

And for crying out loud KB, would you quit flirting with me like that?!? I'm a happily married hetro man.

I think I have one that applies right now:

'Irrigated potato plantations' - what we have for rivers right now.

RT

hey todd I too use tenny's instead of my very expensive boots and cannot afford a boat as of yet so what that makes me cracker and a grub

Combat fishing/Meat fishing/Shoulder to shoulder: Reiter and Blue Creek
Bloodhound: The guy coming down river fast after you just landed a fish. Also known as a Gnat. No real threat just annoying.
Pirate: The guy waiting in his rig at the trailhead, usually with friends, who saw you carry fish out the previous day.
Low baller: The guy who undercuts you in a drift.
Cracker low baller: A low baller who casts over your line. Usually the first cast is a bird's nest.
Polite low baller: A low baller who asks first and then progresses to cracker status.
Low ballers almost always appear after you just missed a strike or saw a fish roll in the tail out of your drift.
Chest wader: Literally out to his chest. One more step and he is a Bob. No offense to guys really named Bob. Often or eventually a low baller.
The socialite: Not a person for a mile in either direction but he has to fish within feet of you.
Swisher: Sets the hook on every bump. Swish, swish, swish.
Officer friendly: The guy who sits in the parking lot and wants to know "exactly" where you caught that fish.
Spinner: First time rowing.
Tester: The sled that keeps coming by every half hour. He must be out testing his motor.
Low life: Tosser of beer cans, plastic bags and Styrofoam containers.
Dreamer: Me when I am not fishing.

Even the now comtempo terminology seems to have cheapened the sport of steelhead fishing. I never view a steelhead as a boot. Tackle, boots and rain slickers notwithstanding, the sport of steelhead fishing would begin to regain some of its lost dignity if those involved in the sport would think of it as something other than and exercise in penile enhancement. I've met some very nice steelheaders wearing yellow slickers and hip boots from the surplus store. Conversely I've encountered some real anal openings decked out in fancy waders and Gore-Tex parkas. You can't judge a book by its cover, although I'm becoming more convinced every day that a lot of people do.
Les Johnson

WOoooooo Les,

Nobody told me about the penile enlargement part. After all these years and all those fish, when the ice is forming on my guides and my hands are 2 degrees from frostbite, how come when I gotta pee it still shrinks up so as I can hardly find it ? Are you sure that part works, what have I been dong wrong?

back to the point:

Sucker lip: The proper swear words when trying to release that nice fish and the damm hook just wont let go.

Fish Beak: a fishing buddy that casts right on top of your last cast just after you swing and come back with nothing.

egg shakes: What you have as you are putting another gob of eggs on you hook just after your bobber went under about 2 feet and you didn't touch the fish as you swung.

Todd, you been fishing with Ken lately? Sounds like you described him to a tee. Especially the buzzbomb one.. Oh and his new yellow rod, ask him about it, sure is cute

You can add this one.

How come everyone else is catching fish but me???

Hey RT
I think you are a far larger cracker then me and I am not just talkin in size either
Dances Out

shaker = a fish too small to be a keeper or what fishbait does when he can find it. GOod posts.

taking a wizz:looking for the one-eyed trouser trout.
gunnel grunt:no land in sight.
drop the pick:anchor
dirt road:what our rivers look like right now.
only 14:must have bled out 6 pounds before we got it home.

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Dances, I can't help being a 'big cracker'. You are refering to 'that' picure, right?

Wizzer of Os - You tell em Osprey.

Eagle has landed - poacher casted jig.

Lucky banana - guy playing fish on a bent yellow rod.

[ 12-04-2001: Message edited by: RT ]

Galley *****? Where's that come into play? Most likely available on boats over 32 feet or whenever RT is along to spread mayo on bread while springer fishing! JK RT.
If I'd ever learn how to maintian an outboard I'd ask you back to the lower Col. for some springering. Is "SPringering" a legit term? Personally, can't wait to go Springering (not Jerry)again

Here's my couple, some serious.........some not so;

Drone: That's Kent on his rock at reiter 7 days a week.
LDR: Maybe already said but.......long distance release.
Groceries: Hatchery fish.
Sticks: Oars
Chumming: Generally what happens when you drank too much the night before you went fishing.
Indy 500: Sauk, Sky, Bogie, etc. anytime when the fishings good. The 1st ten boats race to the take-out and see who can make it there in the least amount of time, so concered with first water they forget to fish.
Shredded: What happens when you get you A@# kicked by a big steelie or salmon.
Fuzzy: That color faze in salmon we all love so much......you know, when they don't even have any slime left.
Flossing (verb): something about the type of panties RT wears fishing...


Well.......that's all I've got off the top of my head for now..........I'm outty

Tim

Fuzzybutt - a cracker

Jerry Lewis - crackering a fish because your hand slips off the reel handle.

Pounding sand up their a$$ - batting clean-up, successfully.

Ike and Tina - funkadelic 60's duo.

Shooter - boondoggler extraordanaire

Relief Pitcher - boat's bailer.

Teenager - low-teens chromer.

Teenager w/ I.D. - high-teens chromer.

Rod Holder w/a Heartbeat - holding rod while plugging.

Floating Maggot - dude in a pram or cataraft.

Velvet Nudge - feels like apple pie.

peace out.........

RT I was actually referin to the size of your crack addin to your cracker status anyways. Hope you guys leave some fish for me considerin the rivers should be commin back in. well good luck I have to get back to school.
Dances out

OFI - Old F_art Index, a strikingly accurate measure of the likelihood of fish being in the area. Working best on flat water, is a measure of the number and average age of fishermen. A 65-65 is about as good as it gets, 65% codgers with an average age of 65.