| __________________________________________________ November 25, 2003 - Vol. 4 No. 45 __________________________________________________ EDITOR'S LOG Happy Thanksgiving to you and your families from us and ours. __________________________________________________ HAPPY THANKSGIVING FROM THE YAMAMOTO CREW We've put a small turkey greeting to you on our website! It's a graphic that could have mistakenly been blocked as spam instead of turkey by anti-spam utilities if we had attached it to this email. So see the small turkey greeting for you on our web site at: http://www.insideline.net __________________________________________________ SEE THE TURKEY FISH (NO KIDDING)! If that's not enough to get you feeling festive for the holidays, see an honest-to-goodness real live turkey fish at: http://www.konacoastdivers.com/lionfsh1.jpg __________________________________________________ TEAM YAMAMOTO'S JOHN MURRAY & ART FERGUSON CLASSIC-BOUND; JEFF WALKER FINISHES FIRST IN WESTERN OPEN AMATEUR STANDINGS This weekend, the last of the four (North, South, Central, West) Bassmaster Open series finished for 2003. We're proud of Team Yamamoto's John Murray and Art Ferguson who earned 2 of the 13 Open berths to the 2004 Bassmaster Classic. Congratulations, John and Art! As if that wasn't enough to be proud of, Yamamoto's Tempe Pro Shop manager Jeff Walker finished first for the year in the Western Open amateur standings. Congratulations, Jeff! Next weekend, December 4-7, the top 20 pros from each of the North, South, Central, and Western Opens will fish-off for the 13th remaining Open berth. Dubbed the Open championship, the fish-off is to be held on Louisiana's Toledo Bend Reservoir, the home of Yamamoto's Toledo Bend Pro Shop. We hope Team Yamamoto's Roy Hawk will win that 13th Classic berth. And we hope Yamamoto's Tempe Pro Shop manager Jeff Walker will win the amateur side... next weekend on Toledo Bend. Good luck Roy and Jeff, from all us reading the WEEKLY NEWS. __________________________________________________ IN-FISHERMAN'S ICE-MELTING LARGEMOUTH EXCLUSIVE Safe ice is coming! Sharpen your auger and grab a pack of 92T Tiny Ikas and 30-series single tail grubs for ice fishing. Learn how to enjoy hot ice-melting action with largemouth. This article is NOT in the In-Fisherman paper magazine. It's a web-only exclusive by In-Fisherman editor Matt Straw: ICING BASS - by Matt Straw http://www.in-fisherman.com/magazine/exclusives/if2808_IceBass/ __________________________________________________ WHAT SAD SHAPE ARE YOUR REELS IN NOW? 2003 has been a long, fun season but hey, what sad shape are your reels in now? Bet'cha they're slowed down, gritted and grimed up, casting too short, handles bent, ain't what they used to be, eh? Mine are the same way and I'm sending them to Connie K. You may know Connie K, writer for the Inside Line magazine and a proud sponsor for five years of the Bass Fishing Home Page (www.bassfishinghomepage.com). I have had the most enjoyable pleasure to share a boat and bend a fishin' rod with Connie and her husband Tommy. They are the best kind of people in the world, Texans, and Connie lives up to her handle. She is a "Reel Lady." In terms of fun, she is a riot. The good times I have had in their company, it brings a smile to my face even right now. I'd like to ask you to take your Shimano reel maintenance, repair, cleaning, lube and parts upgrade business to Connie K this winter. As far as I can judge, Connie K is about the best in the Shimano reel repair service. In terms of customer satisfaction, and speedy turn-around, you will receive the very personal attention that you and your reels demand. She won't keep them long, and get them right back at all y'all. Clean. Shiny. Casting fast and far. Want to trick your reel out? She's the Reel Lady for all your high performance upgrades. So please remember Connie K for your Shimano reel's annual check-up, cleaning, lube, parts maintenance, repairs and upgrade tricks this winter. She will take good care of you. Thank you. Contact Connie Kilpatrick LAKE FORK TACKLE REPAIR 428 PR 5936 Yantis, Texas 75497 Phone: (903)-383-2120 Web: http://www.lakeforktacklerepair.com/ Email: reellady@peoplescom.net __________________________________________________ NEW WEBSITE OPENED FOR FISHING RODS BY AIRRUS Following it's recent name change from Sirrus to Airrus, the new Airrus web site is up and running at: http://www.rodsbyairrus.com Airrus fishing rods may be ordered direct from the web site. Remember "Airrus" for the latest in rod innovation and technology. __________________________________________________ JOIN THE FISHING TACKLE INDUSTRY GROUP NETWORK The Fishing Tackle Industry Group is a network for contact and group email exchange for those working in the sportfishing industry. Membership is open to manufacturers, vendors, reps, distributors, wholesalers of sportfishing tackle, retailers, tackle press and others in the tackle trade are encouraged to join. Membership provides an instant way, via email, to interact with others working in the sportfishing industry. To apply for membership, send a blank email to: Fishing-Tackle-Industry-subscribe@yahoogroups.com __________________________________________________ LET'S DANCE THE ROCK HOP! This week, we've saved the very best for last. Reason is, if you've read this far without quitting yet, you deserve something truly terrific. Here goes... "Picture a cluster of small fry pecking away at the bead you've rigged on your line. That's step one. This brings an ornery big guy over to the scene, who's got his fins all huffed up over the small fry commotion. That's step two. He positions his ugly green mug up behind the bait and waits, just staring the bait down for what seems like forever. Step three. Meanwhile, all those aminos from the attractant you smeared on the bait are bombarding the big guy's facial receptors. Step four. The music gets faster. It's the B-52's song, Rock Lobster. It's too much to stand for either you or the green guy... it's time to dance! Not the Texas Two-Step or the Tango. This new dance step is called the Rock Hop, and it's destined to become very popular!" Get the full story on the new Rockhopper rig at: LET'S DANCE THE ROCK HOP! - by Russ Bassdozer http://www.bassdozer.com/articles.shtml __________________________________________________
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