Thank You

[castaway]

Oh man... those are sweet pictures. For some reason I thought the Winston would be ultra-fast, board like.. but I can tell from your pictures that it is a rod that will give you feed back.. look at that flex!

Those pictures (change the background) could be a Winston ad! I really love the pictures when you can see the flyline in the air.. its hard with a high blue sky.. but your camera will do it I am sure.

Nice work!

Let me guess? David hooked a trout? Fishing in the streets - reminds me of a game we played as a kid - take your spinning rod with 25 -30 pound test... tie a purse on the end of it and put it in the street - when the cars stop to pick it up... you set the hook... awww good times.

I also love that David looks like hes ready for the river (are those wadding boots?)... even at thanksgiving dinner... now thast an addict!

When I was married.. my wife used to say to me... Are you going to buy clothes for something other then fishing? I would respond, Why?

She would answer "To look nice".

I would mumble... "why would I do that... Im married" Im no longer married

[Rockstar Fisherman]

Glad you love the rod Craig, you deserve it!! And as for fishing in the street, if you'd wait till Arvin floods you might have some good carp action out near the golf course

Now shut up and go fish with that rod!!!!!!!!!

Mike

[DubL HauL]

Craig I am thankful you have the rod you deserve it. The FFA family is awesome and Stanberry is an exceptional guy, thanks Jon. I hope I get to see it some day on the river.

Castaway I feel your pain man, been there.

Andy

[stanbery]

Craig

Glad you like the rod.

More then happy to make it for you. Enjoy it as much as you can.


Jon

[darrin terry]

You are quite welcome, Craig. I am glad to see the rod is finally in your hands. I will be looking forward the the first fishing report (of many). Glad your Thanksgiving went well, and Dave's too.

[Pete]

As they say: You reap what you sow. With all the work you do keeping this forum and being an all around nice guy, you deserve the rod and flies. It isn't too hard to do things for good people.

You reap what you sow...... maybe that is why some of us only get grief

Enjoy,

Pete

[beachbum]

Pretty cool, Craig! Jon makes a heck of a rod. Hope you have many great days with it, and we get to see some pics of the results!

Bill

[flybob]

Craig, Here's to your new family member..... CHEERS!

Now go out and fish it well....

Many thanks are due all around, but especially to you and all that you have done for us.
Bob

[RichardCullip]

You're welcome, Craig. Enjoy the gift from all of us! Fish it hard and show us what you catch.

[Gary C.]

You're welcome, I hope that turns out to be your "lucky rod" and produces well for you.
Gary C.

[Papasequoia]

As I'm sure everyone else is, I'm happy to have been able to contribute to this thank you gift, and what a great day to receive it on! Looking forward to the first fishing report. Jon

[ColoradoXJ]

That is absolutely awesome Craig. Glad the rod held up to your expectations! Looks like I'm gonna have to start saving to have Jon build me a gem like that. That thing has some major flex!

[Justin]

What a great idea Jon had! I was happy to be able to help out. I can't wait to see the reports of the new rod. Looks like a nice street casting session Craig! Much deserved Craig. Thanks for making a pleasant place for all us addicts to reside!!

Justin

[Jim T]

Craig,

Great "casting" report and wonderful photos. Can't wait to read your first fishing report with that rod. I can't believe the amount of bend in that thing. It's just like in all the casting videos I watch, except I never see that much bend on the end of my rod.

Thanks for all your hard work and enjoy the rod.

Jim

[rayfound]

Don't thank us until the rod has fish slime on it. Until then, its just a stick.