definition: oversized 9 inch walkin’ stick known to cover Thunderwood gauntlet to gauntlet (white cabin dock to the dam)
Tactics/Equipment
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Porcelain Doll
definition: Baker’s gillick Matt Lure that broke when it hit a dock, sucked
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The Fermata Cast
definition: Baker’s specific cast into pads shaped like a fermata (musical notation) in the cove near the Jetsons
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Out of Darkness into Light
definition: making a cast into the shadows and pulling through into the sunlight
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Sometimes you have to move Backwards to move Forwards
definition: a reference to the NYC subway when you are rerouted, but refers to boat positioning or approaching a hot spot
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Stitch You a Sweater (stitching)
definition: the grueling, painstaking tactic of reeling in line with your hands, for upwards of 15 minutes per cast, invented by big bass guru, the late Father Murphy (similar to deadsticking )
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It doesn’t hurt to Jerk…sometimes it does
definition: the swing and a miss
example: (after a hookset for Bruce) Mop: “It doesn’t hurt to jerk.”
(long pause) Ress-UV: “Sometimes it does.” -
Granny Bags
definition: Evans’ refusal to buy a suitcase, and instead using little supermarket plastic bags
example: Baker: “Is that everything?”
Mop: “Nope, Evans has granny-bags.” -
Isolated Boulding Units
definition: a large expansive flat with isolated boulders
Isolated Boulding Unit -
Lazy Man’s Carolina Rig
definition: worm rig with pinch weight up the line, used by one too lazy to do the work
