Post by Todd Irwin on Mar 28, 2006 4:01:05 GMT 2
1. You toss aside the Victoria's Secret catalog to check
out the one from Bass Pro Shops.
2. You tell your fishing buddy, "Hold on, I've almost got
him in" when he is having a heart attack.
3. You reason that a 90 percent chance of severe
thunderstorms actually means that there is a 10
percent chance of having really excellent fishing
weather.
4. Your mailbox is a giant fiberglass bass.
5. Your spouse has to drag you out of bed at 8 a.m. to
go to work, but you can wake up at 4:30 a.m. on
weekends without an alarm clock.
6. The best knife in your house says Rapala on it.
7. Someone says they have had a real tragedy in the
family and you think they broke their Ambassador
5000.
8. Your boat costs more than your house.
9. You have more nicks and cuts on your hands - from
fishhooks, fish spines and filleting - than someone who
hand-captures bobcats for a living.
10. You have more than 20 of any one lure in the same
color.
11. Your hair still has a hat dent in it even after you
shampoo and blow dry.
12. Your cat likes hanging out with you because of the
smell.
13. You look back over the last month and realize that
you have kissed a bass (in celebration ala Bill Dance)
more times than you have smooched your spouse.
14. You have named more than one fish swimming free
in your lake.
15. You have any dogs or kids named Shakespeare,
Zebco or Daiwa.
16. You have considered becoming a teacher - even
though you can't stand kids - so you can fish every
day during the summer.
17. You have more fishing rods than socks or underwear
without holes in them.
18. Your idea for the honeymoon cruise was a
weeklong head boat fishing excursion with 25 other
anglers.
19. When your spouse asks if you are planning on
going fishing this coming weekend, you laugh and say,
"Good one Honey."
20. You can tie a Bimini twist when drunk and blindfolded,
but your Windsor tie knot looks like a snake
that ate a gopher.
21. When you die and you're at the Pearly Gates, St.
Peter asks if you want to enter the Kingdom of Heaven,
and you ask, "How's the fishing?"
22. Your outboard motor goes in for a preventive
checkup more often than you do.
23. Your entire leisure wardrobe consists of two Guy
Harvey fish T-shirts, a ratty pair of shorts with pockets
everywhere, and one pro bass "billboard" fishing shirt
signed by Roland Martin that you are afraid to wash.
24. You have a yardstick tattooed on your arm that
highlights various legal fish lengths.
25. You are the one sitting in the last pew at church
wearing a hat festooned with lures, holding an upright
fishing rod.
26. You've eaten so many fish that have mercury in
them you can tell the temperature without a thermometer.
27. Your spouse says "It's either me or fishing" and
your reply is a prolonged humming sound.
28. You have read this column and said, "Doesn't
everybody?"
28 Ways To Tell If You're A Fishing Fanatic.
out the one from Bass Pro Shops.
2. You tell your fishing buddy, "Hold on, I've almost got
him in" when he is having a heart attack.
3. You reason that a 90 percent chance of severe
thunderstorms actually means that there is a 10
percent chance of having really excellent fishing
weather.
4. Your mailbox is a giant fiberglass bass.
5. Your spouse has to drag you out of bed at 8 a.m. to
go to work, but you can wake up at 4:30 a.m. on
weekends without an alarm clock.
6. The best knife in your house says Rapala on it.
7. Someone says they have had a real tragedy in the
family and you think they broke their Ambassador
5000.
8. Your boat costs more than your house.
9. You have more nicks and cuts on your hands - from
fishhooks, fish spines and filleting - than someone who
hand-captures bobcats for a living.
10. You have more than 20 of any one lure in the same
color.
11. Your hair still has a hat dent in it even after you
shampoo and blow dry.
12. Your cat likes hanging out with you because of the
smell.
13. You look back over the last month and realize that
you have kissed a bass (in celebration ala Bill Dance)
more times than you have smooched your spouse.
14. You have named more than one fish swimming free
in your lake.
15. You have any dogs or kids named Shakespeare,
Zebco or Daiwa.
16. You have considered becoming a teacher - even
though you can't stand kids - so you can fish every
day during the summer.
17. You have more fishing rods than socks or underwear
without holes in them.
18. Your idea for the honeymoon cruise was a
weeklong head boat fishing excursion with 25 other
anglers.
19. When your spouse asks if you are planning on
going fishing this coming weekend, you laugh and say,
"Good one Honey."
20. You can tie a Bimini twist when drunk and blindfolded,
but your Windsor tie knot looks like a snake
that ate a gopher.
21. When you die and you're at the Pearly Gates, St.
Peter asks if you want to enter the Kingdom of Heaven,
and you ask, "How's the fishing?"
22. Your outboard motor goes in for a preventive
checkup more often than you do.
23. Your entire leisure wardrobe consists of two Guy
Harvey fish T-shirts, a ratty pair of shorts with pockets
everywhere, and one pro bass "billboard" fishing shirt
signed by Roland Martin that you are afraid to wash.
24. You have a yardstick tattooed on your arm that
highlights various legal fish lengths.
25. You are the one sitting in the last pew at church
wearing a hat festooned with lures, holding an upright
fishing rod.
26. You've eaten so many fish that have mercury in
them you can tell the temperature without a thermometer.
27. Your spouse says "It's either me or fishing" and
your reply is a prolonged humming sound.
28. You have read this column and said, "Doesn't
everybody?"
28 Ways To Tell If You're A Fishing Fanatic.