I couldn't go home empty handed, so:

1 Dexter Russel 6" boner ..should of bought a filet as well.
1 Breakaway flasher
1 KoneZone flasher (should of picked up 2 and tried them tandem)....oh well ---hindsight 20/20

Rained "cats & dogs" Thursday. Overall I was a little disappointed ---kind of small..

Periwinkle: You bought a what? Is that first purchase something like Viagra?

9 1/2' All Star drifting rod

New waders for the wife - (Herzog picked them out, so they're packed with fish JuJu.)

New fillet set of knives

Dreams of new boats...so many to pick from!

Great show...we truly enjoyed ourselves..saw a few PSA folks, and met one mysterious PP board poster, along with Joe (Superfly) and FAST WATER.

Mike

Dave I looked all over the show for a 6 1/2" boner. I thought I found them at that calendar booth...but I went home without one. I had a good time Friday meeting several people and discussing things in the PBR tent.

I bought a complete EZ pull river anchor system. This is really cool. It came with a video on how to use it. I have never fished the Columbia River, but a bunch of us are going down to have an outing and I am going to give it a try the end of the month. I also bought a bunch of small dohickeys and gadgets.

Amongst the fill of Garlic Gourmet goodies I bought a "Forschner Victorinox" 12" fillet knife in the camp cook tent after the salmon seminar . Holy cow I've never seen a better fillet knife in my life. Anyone else pick one of these up or see it used!!??

6" or 6 1/2", it's all in how ya use it!
I did see that the pro trol black boxes were going for 69.00 and I also saw the new scotty pot pullys that help keep the rope away from the side of the boat, looked kinda neat!

Dave and Grandpa ---6" boner is what the label called it , silly boys (Seattle Marine).. A 6" knife of course, very very sharp.

I'm surprised GP & DV would be satisfied with only 6"....... :p

Enjoyed the show and talking to an old board member. These shows are usually the time I load up on my supplies for the year and seek out new stuff to try. Got one of those Echip flashers to experiment with, another flasher bag and more 31/2" coyotes in those hard to find but very productive patterns. Best part of the show was all those food booths!

I bought some stuff from Dan in the Ed's Surplus booth. When Dan was showing me stuff he'd say: "Fishnut bought 3 of these", "Fishnut bought 4 of these","Fishnut bought 2 of these","Fishnut bought only 1 of this"....pretty funny.

Those Queen Charlotte trips sure look great. I wish I was rich.

One thing I pretty much decided to buy was the "ArmorThane" sprayed-on truck bed liner done by on outfit in Marysville for $295. Does anyone have any experience with this product?

I bought a calander and had the girls sign it for me. I also go t a new t shirt I will wear to the meeting on the 9th. I also bought a anchor system sleave, i already have the ballon part. my advice finhin nut is to try and pratice with yours on he lower sno during the tide change before going to the big-c. my buddy has one and we use it alot sturgean fishing on the sno. I also got a couple of the bait buster lures and the sting king with e-chip.

Bought a 10.5 foot Shimano downriggin rod.

One of those downrigger clips the guy was showing... I'm a sucker for a new product!

The latest Copy of Denny Rickards book (signed)

Some 6.5 inch spoons (watermelon and dill pickle)

One of those cool lights that clip on your hat.

assorted other stuff for fly fishing and saltwater use.

It was a really good show. I thought it was better than the one in seattle. More like Puyallups.

Managed to get out of there buying nothing more than a cup of coffee. Did a lot of window shopping around the different Drift Boats though. Thought Three River's Alumaweld Drifter was pretty high priced compared to some of the others? SlabQuest - A friend of mine has a year on the Armorthane with absolutely no complaints.
Tom

Elkrun ------ What did you pay for that 101/2 foot DR rod? I love my long float rods and think a long DR is a great idea.

I paid 59.00 for the rod. Has an over the counter lifetime warranty.

I picked up one of those slick anchor cleats the guy was selling in the flyfishing tent. A bunch of Tadpollies for 3.49. I also bought one of those leader brackets from Three Rivers.