I have had a fear and distrust of shiny objects since Mom used to chase me around with a spoonful of castor oil. This the primary reason why i lightfoot around cyber stuff with a wary eye and hand on my pistol. Really thought the Chicoms would take down our comm satellites by now or hit us with an EMP. With the Big Dirt Nap drawing closer every day, the odds this will happen grow longer–at least for this old river rat.

I don’t understand Facebook or blogging and still associate ‘Amazon’ as a big river where i would likely feel at home instead of an interweb delivery service for the latest shiny objects. My wife told me you can buy my book Mississippi Musings with the Old Guide on Amazon.com and find a couple lures in which i had some design input on a couple of those dot-com deals you can find on the crowd. I’ve always stayed away from crowds and when forced inside to eat at a restaurant always sit where i can see the door with my back against the wall.

Anyway, she said I should tell you to visit www.vibrationstackle.com where you can find my signature series “Teddy Cat” blade bait, which In-fisherman magazine called ‘the Swiss Army knife of blade baits’ and www.bimboskunk.com where you can find the “Teddy Skunk Perchanator”, a 1/32 oz. jig/fly which just tears up the perch and other panfish. Both these websites have an entire stable full of lures which catch lots of fish besides my baits. You should visit these websites if that shiny object you’re looking at right now is more prevalent in your heirarchy of needs than goin’ fishin’. This is about as long as i can stand to sit at the keyboard of this shiny object. Four out of seven voices in my head say its time to seriously plan the next fishin’ trip, somewhere beyond my beloved Mississippi where the water isn’t so angry now. The other three voices are telling me to get out to the pole barn and hook up the Lund and we’ll figure out where we’re going while on the road. Sounds like a plan. Adios for now…