Stuff you have lost, while fishing.

[trfishin]

[laugh] well 5 of us were out ice fishing and i told them that i was going to catch more fish than they were that day and even bet each of them $20.00 that i would do it as i had one of my hand tied bucktail jigs that had caught 25 mackinaw the previous trip. boy was i in for a surprise that day. i was in the height of my glory as i stood on a bucket and bragged how this was the only jig that i had to catch all the fish that day and told them to watch as i threw it down the hole so they could watch its magic work and decide who was going to take my first fish off. THEY ALL WERE WATCHING AS I THREW IT DOWN THE HOLE, [shocked]BUT TO MY SUPRISE I HAD'NT TIED IT ON AND THERE IT WENT SAILING DOWN THE HOLE TO THE BOTTOM. i hoped that they had'nt realized what had just happened but it was pretty clear to them because i fell off the bucket and was up to my arm pit in the water reaching for my only jig but was'nt able to get it. [mad]boy i sure felt like a jack ass. Now i was out $100.00 but they lent me a jig to try. i was still in shock so bad from losing my jig that i did'nt even see that the jig they gave me did'nt have a hook as they had cut it off, i think that i must have had at least 50 bites that day but could'nt hook them. i realized that it was hook less about 15 minutes before we went home. the morale of the story is don't count your fish until you tie on your jig.[laugh][laugh]
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