New rod-n-reel and reel

Fishing related items:
Shimano Clarus 9 ft. Medium action
Shimano Cardiff Reel to sit on the new rod
2 new DR balls & 2 new DR clips
3 or 4 Coyote spoons and some new Smelly jelly..
and a $75 Joes gift certificate to blow on more fishing stuff...


All in all not bad, plus some extra spending money to buy some odds and ends..

I'll find out if I was good at the end of March if I can put a 20+lb nate on the bank.

I got an upright organ. Does that count?

Wii!

Santa let me go fish by myself with no clients this morning. Very peacful on the river with no one else around.

I have the same Shimano box under the tree, and my wife bought me a sweet Cimter Forschner filet knife.

Snowing hard right now in Woodinville, Merry Christmas everyone!

Okuma V30!

Go check out my sale on the classified board.

Buy yourself a Christmas present.

yup fishing related: Caddis neoprene waders, Hodgman boots, various spoons/spinners/jigs, and two River's Edge picture frames, now got all of them.

Non-fishing: Dell Inspiron 530s desktop, digital picture frame, HD dvd player

updated:

From my family I received more fishing stuff and fish decor for the house. My grandma gave me a deep fryer but I had to take it back because I bought my fiance one too, lol. So today I returned it and bought an orbital buffer for the car, yesss! My fiance also bought me a wet/dry vac for Christmas and a huge set of Husky black chrome socket wrenches, woohoo! I know I'm weird, but chicks like to work on cars too! Now that I have all the tools, I can buy myself an early birthday present and install it myself: stainless 4-2-1 headers and s-pipe.

santa brought me.....

simms g3 waders,
lamiglas xmg50 9'6" 8-15lbs "that came in the mail to me twice broken"
ipod 80gb classic
Joe's gift card

and an empty wallet and bank account....

Xbox 360 ( for the days that we have been having where every river on the westside is blown)
47" HD LCD flatpanel (woooooooooohooooooooo)

Can we say Super Bowl Party!!!!!!!

My wife hooked me up. All non-fishing related but thats what I like to do is shop for my gear.
Pentax optio w30
zune 30gig mps player
lots of books to read
The Godfather trilogy
several games for my xbox 360
and my favorite, the Air Hog helicopter...Look out you ungrateful cats!!!

a pair of cataract oars and a propane tank for the boat.

Santa was nice enough to swing by and leave me a Rio Skagit line for one of my Spey rods, the Rio Spey casting video (apparently he saw me casting somewhere), and something I've wanted and forgotten about a hundred times since I was 14 years old, a D H Russel Canadian belt knife by Ghromann, and a fine piece of steel it is.

Hey Sky Hogg.....

Looks like Santa was good to you, but you always were a bit of a spoiled brat.....sorry about the wallet thing........maybe next time I see you bent over cleaning a fish or two on the river bank I'll help you out and drop some coins down your ass crack and feed your piggy bank.

My girl was really good to me, lots of fishing stuff and other goodies, Thanks Babe!

oh, and a 50" plasma and 5-disk DVD player for the home theater. With a microwave, mini-frig and bed pan, I can potentially park my butt on the couch for ten hours, except to go fishing.....of course.

a much needed laptop for me. Gift cards, shirts galore, lots of leather goods from the Coach store vacuum packer, boat heater and a bunch of other misc stuff.

$100 Cabelas gift card.

All in all a good xmas. In regards to fishing gear, Santa made a nice attempt at getting my 2008 combo license ... he had my info (including WILD ID #), but Joe's said they couldn't sell Santa my 2008 license as my current one was good through March and it was not possible to sell the next one. I have already emailed the WDFW asking them to kindly remind their dealers that this is possible and quite likely to be a frequent request around this time. Anyway, I got a Joe's gift card instead - happy, but frustrated.

--Bank Angler