I once sat down to tied up several dozen 1/0 Alaskabou's flies for a customer. I was into a full swing when my daughter knocked a large box of hooks off my desk. I went to grab them and in one stroke, I managed to put the point and barb of an Alec Jackson under my left thumb's nail and gouge my left hand with the scissors. To this day, I have never felt that much pain in my life!!!!

Two days later, I snagged my wife's arse with a 3/0 during a double spey on the Skagit. That musta hurt... (Thank God for going barbless)(And a double Thank God for the truck keys being in my vest! That would have been one long walk back to Gig Harbor!)

Downriggin'
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"If you are not scratchin bottom, you ain't fishing deep enough!" -DR

Puget Sound Anglers, Gig Harbor Chapter