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Post by bassblaster on Jul 21, 2010 18:29:35 GMT -4
My name is Tristan and I have lived in Utah for 5 years now, I grew up in and around the McCook Lake South Dakota area. Im currently unemployed. I have a son and a daughter. I love to fish every chance I get.
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Post by muskiehunter on Jul 27, 2010 14:17:50 GMT -4
My name is Tristan and I have lived in Utah for 5 years now, I grew up in and around the McCook Lake South Dakota area. Im currently unemployed. I have a son and a daughter. I love to fish every chance I get.  Tristan Welcome aboard and don't be afraid to post on the stuff here.  Steve |
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Post by justplainbill on Jul 27, 2010 20:06:19 GMT -4
new to site. new to rapala lures. name is bill. live in austin, texas. i fish lakes georgetown and belton, and palacios on the gulf coast. g-town is notorious for lousy fishing. real lousy. caught only 4 or 5 this year. but saturday i was at academy, the big outdoors store, looking for trailer tires. salesman started talking g-town and told me to by this lure: rapala baby bass dt6. i thought it was pricey, but bit. caught 3 sunday. 3 more monday. today only 1, but i had to leave early. wow! went to academy today and got another baby bass for the wife, plus a baby bass in a segmented style...maybe jsr 5? anybody know how far it dives? gonna try it thursday at belton...
i have a myspace page where you can hear 10 of my tunes for a forthcoming album, plus boat and dog pics, etc.
man, am i glad i discovered a lure that works!
myspace-bill frain music
thanks guys and gals!
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Post by pysgota on Jul 30, 2010 6:45:24 GMT -4
Hello, Time for an introduction...
My name is Chris Millership, I live in South Wales in the UK.
Hence the name Pysgota which means fish in Welsh.
I fish mainly for Salmon and Sea trout on the spate rivers of Wales mainly the Teifi and Towy, both fantastic rivers.
My weapon of choice when conditions are right is the Rapala Countdown RCL, SB, V, SFC.
I have recently started in earnest to collect coundowns in CD07, CD09, at the moment my collection is small but already growing since I joined this site. Yay..javascript:add("%20:-/")
I am tring to keep one of each colour and size, new in box for my collection, I am also trying to source dealer boxes for the silver plated lures.
Some of you may know me as nitromorse2000 on ebay, I know i have purchased some lures off some of you guys before.
Anyway, enough for now, I look forward to getting to know some like-minded fans of Rapala through this site. Hopefully adding to my collection along the way.
Cheers
Tight Lines Chrisjavascript:add("%20:-/")
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Post by fishfingers007 on Jul 30, 2010 13:35:18 GMT -4
hi and , a man after my own hart, salmon seatrout and countdowns, if you keep an album in the collections thread we can all keep tabs on what you have or need, keep in mind the countdown has a lot of colours and generations im up to about 147 different colours, new in the box,  |
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Post by fishfingers007 on Jul 30, 2010 13:46:12 GMT -4
chris i dont suppose you have a cd-3-silver blue ?  |
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Post by pysgota on Aug 3, 2010 6:17:38 GMT -4
Hi,
Unfortunatly at the moment I dont go below CD05.
Collection has really started from what I was using on the river.
I had a look at your collection, totally amazing... I had no idea how many colours there are..
I will try to post some photos soon.
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Post by fishfingers007 on Aug 3, 2010 11:11:03 GMT -4
Hi, Unfortunatly at the moment I dont go below CD05. Collection has really started from what I was using on the river. I had a look at your collection, totally amazing... I had no idea how many colours there are.. I will try to post some photos soon. yes i started the same way, then woke up one day and had a collection that was about 15yrs ago, now its just got out of hand, but i see it as an investment, as the banks are doing nothing for our money, why not. |
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Post by walter on Aug 3, 2010 18:51:46 GMT -4
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Post by pysgota on Aug 4, 2010 9:16:10 GMT -4
Hi, Unfortunatly at the moment I dont go below CD05. Collection has really started from what I was using on the river. I had a look at your collection, totally amazing... I had no idea how many colours there are.. I will try to post some photos soon. yes i started the same way, then woke up one day and had a collection that was about 15yrs ago, now its just got out of hand, but i see it as an investment, as the banks are doing nothing for our money, why not. Indeed, with a collection like yours, it would seem to be a sound investment for the future. I do like the silver plated lures, they seem to work really well, I just find it really hard to resist opening the box to actually use the lure..(need like 10 of each so I can keep some for use and some for collecting, Lol) The red colwn is a fave for coloured water, but is getting so rare now.. Which rivers do you fish? |
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Post by omigosh on Aug 11, 2010 20:05:07 GMT -4
Hello,
I have really enjoyed reading many of the posts over the past few days and finally decided to register. I wish I had found this site years ago. Neat stuff!!
I am from North Carolina and enjoy fishing the saltwater coast as well as the mountain streams. I make annual migrations to Minnesota to go after Muskie and Walleye. If all goes well I will be retiring in early 2012 and will be spending much more time in Mn.
I collect fishing stuff, meaning that I do not go exclusively after lures, rods, and reels. I focus on salesmans samples, lure boards, signs, banners, stickers, keychains, hats, etc... I have lures, rods and reels in my collection but they are not my primary targets. I enjoy buying, selling, trading, and using fishing stuff whenever I can. The owner of a local tackle shop refers to me as a "Rapala guy" so I guess that indicates that my favorite lures are of course Rapalas! Thanks for the opportunity to tap into the wealth of knowledge on this site! I've already learned things about my own collection.
Rick
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Post by fishfingers007 on Aug 12, 2010 3:06:10 GMT -4
Hello, I have really enjoyed reading many of the posts over the past few days and finally decided to register. I wish I had found this site years ago. Neat stuff!! I am from North Carolina and enjoy fishing the saltwater coast as well as the mountain streams. I make annual migrations to Minnesota to go after Muskie and Walleye. If all goes well I will be retiring in early 2012 and will be spending much more time in Mn. I collect fishing stuff, meaning that I do not go exclusively after lures, rods, and reels. I focus on salesmans samples, lure boards, signs, banners, stickers, keychains, hats, etc... I have lures, rods and reels in my collection but they are not my primary targets. I enjoy buying, selling, trading, and using fishing stuff whenever I can. The owner of a local tackle shop refers to me as a "Rapala guy" so I guess that indicates that my favorite lures are of course Rapalas! Thanks for the opportunity to tap into the wealth of knowledge on this site! I've already learned things about my own collection. Rick hi, and , then im sure you will fit right in then ,i think you will find many of us that collect dont stop at the lure's, some don't collect anyting, but we are all fishermen |
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Post by fishing_in_israel on Aug 12, 2010 5:46:52 GMT -4
Hello, I have really enjoyed reading many of the posts over the past few days and finally decided to register. I wish I had found this site years ago. Neat stuff!! I am from North Carolina and enjoy fishing the saltwater coast as well as the mountain streams. I make annual migrations to Minnesota to go after Muskie and Walleye. If all goes well I will be retiring in early 2012 and will be spending much more time in Mn. I collect fishing stuff, meaning that I do not go exclusively after lures, rods, and reels. I focus on salesmans samples, lure boards, signs, banners, stickers, keychains, hats, etc... I have lures, rods and reels in my collection but they are not my primary targets. I enjoy buying, selling, trading, and using fishing stuff whenever I can. The owner of a local tackle shop refers to me as a "Rapala guy" so I guess that indicates that my favorite lures are of course Rapalas! Thanks for the opportunity to tap into the wealth of knowledge on this site! I've already learned things about my own collection. Rick Nice to see another saltwater angler here. I don't collect - just for fishing. But it does seem that I have more than I thought I had  |
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Post by Fishooked on Aug 15, 2010 18:56:17 GMT -4
Hello, I have really enjoyed reading many of the posts over the past few days and finally decided to register. I wish I had found this site years ago. Neat stuff!! I am from North Carolina and enjoy fishing the saltwater coast as well as the mountain streams. I make annual migrations to Minnesota to go after Muskie and Walleye. If all goes well I will be retiring in early 2012 and will be spending much more time in Mn. I collect fishing stuff, meaning that I do not go exclusively after lures, rods, and reels. I focus on salesmans samples, lure boards, signs, banners, stickers, keychains, hats, etc... I have lures, rods and reels in my collection but they are not my primary targets. I enjoy buying, selling, trading, and using fishing stuff whenever I can. The owner of a local tackle shop refers to me as a "Rapala guy" so I guess that indicates that my favorite lures are of course Rapalas! Thanks for the opportunity to tap into the wealth of knowledge on this site! I've already learned things about my own collection. Rick Rick, Welcome aboard! We do get lots of people that get 'bowled over' by the amount of stuff on here, myself included! However you may have insights or opinions on this that we may not know about, so don't be a stranger! |
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Post by oldude on Aug 16, 2010 18:45:19 GMT -4
Howdy to one and all
My name is james allen and I live in tgreat state of Texas and have been a avid bass fisherman my whole life. I got started fishing with my aunt and it went from there. My wife is my fishing partner now and pretty damn good to.I have lureitis as I look and buy often so much so that I catch a lot of greif now and then.
I really like the hand painted lures and now I have found a gold mine. Look forward to talking or just reading from the group
Later
James
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Post by Fishooked on Aug 16, 2010 20:19:21 GMT -4
Howdy to one and all My name is james allen and I live in tgreat state of Texas and have been a avid bass fisherman my whole life. I got started fishing with my aunt and it went from there. My wife is my fishing partner now and pretty damn good to.I have lureitis as I look and buy often so much so that I catch a lot of greif now and then. I really like the hand painted lures and now I have found a gold mine. Look forward to talking or just reading from the group Later James Welcome aboard! Thanks for joining up, we have a lot of talent associated with this site, you can't go wrong working with any of our customs partners. If you need anything, just holler....  |
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Post by way2slickrick on Aug 21, 2010 15:58:53 GMT -4
Hi yall! The name's Rick aka way2slickrick, just signed up. Looking forward to do a little fish chatting or any chatting at that.
I'm a saltwater angler, but am getting into the freshwater scence slowly but surely.
I work full time as a plant manager but at this moment I am officially a full time college student as of next coming Tuesday. So I will be currently looking for a part time job, HOPEFULLY at Academy, so if anyone "knows" anyone at a Academy location in the Pasadena, Texas or surrounding area hook a brother up and I'll do the same if you ever visit the store.
Anywho, I love to go fishing, working on my hooptie, fishing and more fishing. Oh and just to let yall know I really love bacon.
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Post by way2slickrick on Aug 21, 2010 16:03:34 GMT -4
Rick, Welcome aboard! We do get lots of people that get 'bowled over' by the amount of stuff on here, myself included! However you may have insights or opinions on this that we may not know about, so don't be a stranger! [/quote] Thanks for the welcome Ted. |
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Post by fishfingers007 on Aug 21, 2010 16:42:00 GMT -4
great to see another new member active,
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Post by way2slickrick on Aug 21, 2010 17:32:22 GMT -4
great to see another new member active, Appreciate the welcome Fishfingers007 |
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Post by vicious89x on Aug 22, 2010 0:36:28 GMT -4
Hi all. My name is Erick. I live in Beaverton, OR just outside oF Portland. I'm a newbie, bought my first rod and reel today. I'm very excited to learn how to fish and look forward to sharing stories with you guys.
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Post by eloosecannon on Aug 23, 2010 3:00:14 GMT -4
Hello, everyone. My name is Ben and I'm from Virginia. I'm married with two beautiful daughters, one just turned 3 the other turned 1 in June. I fished a lot when I was a teenager, almost always used live bait. I just returned to fishing a few months ago, after a 15 year break from it. My 3 year old was the one that got me started again, she saw a Barbie rod and reel set that she wanted and she wanted me to take her fishing. So I figured if I'm taking her fishing I might as well throw a hook in the water too, and so I got the fishing bug again. Still a little new to hard baits, I used to use live almost all the time. I absolutely love Rapalas and I always have.
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Post by Fishooked on Aug 23, 2010 7:43:57 GMT -4
Hi all. My name is Erick. I live in Beaverton, OR just outside oF Portland. I'm a newbie, bought my first rod and reel today. I'm very excited to learn how to fish and look forward to sharing stories with you guys. Erick welcome aboard! Good to see you here - for all you vets out here, Erick is a friend of mine from another website, one of my numerous 'internet friends' lol, please give him a warm welcome and go easy on him, as he is not only new to this bizarre obsession of mine, but to fishing in general... |
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Post by Fishooked on Aug 23, 2010 7:47:15 GMT -4
Hello, everyone. My name is Ben and I'm from Virginia. I'm married with two beautiful daughters, one just turned 3 the other turned 1 in June. I fished a lot when I was a teenager, almost always used live bait. I just returned to fishing a few months ago, after a 15 year break from it. My 3 year old was the one that got me started again, she saw a Barbie rod and reel set that she wanted and she wanted me to take her fishing. So I figured if I'm taking her fishing I might as well throw a hook in the water too, and so I got the fishing bug again. Still a little new to hard baits, I used to use live almost all the time. I absolutely love Rapalas and I always have. Welcome aboard! Your story sounds a bit like mine as well, I used to fish a ton before I had kids, and after the first one was born - well, it kinda died away. Then when the 2nd was born it was all over, my girls are 2 years apart, just like yours. But it does get better once they become older and more manageable, mine are 7 & 5 now and I am at the point of being able to go out at least once a week, which is the most I have ever fished in my entire life. Welcome to the site & feel free to ask any questions! |
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Post by vicious89x on Aug 23, 2010 11:54:54 GMT -4
Hi all. My name is Erick. I live in Beaverton, OR just outside oF Portland. I'm a newbie, bought my first rod and reel today. I'm very excited to learn how to fish and look forward to sharing stories with you guys. Erick welcome aboard! Good to see you here - for all you vets out here, Erick is a friend of mine from another website, one of my numerous 'internet friends' lol, please give him a warm welcome and go easy on him, as he is not only new to this bizarre obsession of mine, but to fishing in general... Yup- Insanely new at fishing  . Just ordered my license and should be out hopefully by this or next weekend . I'll be going for trout to cut my teeth on. So treat me like a kid, any advice you'd give to a first-time fisher please hit me with it. I'm not too proud to take any little piece of advice. FH- nice forum you put together here . |
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Post by Fishooked on Aug 23, 2010 13:33:01 GMT -4
Erick welcome aboard! Good to see you here - for all you vets out here, Erick is a friend of mine from another website, one of my numerous 'internet friends' lol, please give him a warm welcome and go easy on him, as he is not only new to this bizarre obsession of mine, but to fishing in general... Yup- Insanely new at fishing . Just ordered my license and should be out hopefully by this or next weekend . I'll be going for trout to cut my teeth on. So treat me like a kid, any advice you'd give to a first-time fisher please hit me with it. I'm not too proud to take any little piece of advice. FH- nice forum you put together here . Thanks friend - dont get too used to the layout because I have OCD when it comes to changing it around! Seriously though, I will be expanding some categories in the hopes it will easier to find and post info...  |
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Post by floridafisher1225 on Sept 1, 2010 22:47:59 GMT -4
Hey yall just joined and wanted to introduce myself, well I'm Dan almost 17 years old. Rapala lures are the only crankbaits I fish with (with the exception of a couple home made cranks) since I was introduced to them back 5 years ago. I primarily fish for largemouth but I do go for some catfish occasionally I live in central Florida, lived here most all my life, and I found this site from a google search actually.
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Post by Fishooked on Sept 1, 2010 23:11:50 GMT -4
Hey yall just joined and wanted to introduce myself, well I'm Dan almost 17 years old. Rapala lures are the only crankbaits I fish with (with the exception of a couple home made cranks) since I was introduced to them back 5 years ago. I primarily fish for largemouth but I do go for some catfish occasionally I live in central Florida, lived here most all my life, and I found this site from a google search actually. Good to see Google is pulling its weight! ;D Welcome aboard! If you need anything or have questions, just ask. We're a pretty laid back (and helpful) lot around here.. |
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Post by Bill Dee on Sept 27, 2010 16:10:11 GMT -4
My sincere apologies if I upset anyone....and thanks for the warm welcome...  My intentions were to return today and introduce myself because I was working late last night getting the post up on this site and a few others. I can assure you I am not a fly-by nighter and have every intention of offering more great products to the members of RapalaNation. Unfortunately, I do not have a lot of time to join in on all the conversations, but certainly will when I feel I can help someone. However, it certainly won't be in the manner of fishfingers007 and Tom (above). I have far more respect for the site than that and I certainly wouldn't make a comment like theirs about or to someone I do not know yet. As a way of introduction, My name is Bill Dee and I own S.O.B. Fishing Products and have for the past 15 years. We manufacture true Custom built spinnerbaits and buzzbaits as well as a few other products. We have always treated our customers with the utmost respect and cordiality. I would welcome any of the RapalaNation members to visit our site and see if there is anything we can help them with. I have done most of my business on-line and through websites such as RapalaNation. I just recently found this website and certainly hoped it was going to be a lot better that a lot of the others out there where people jump to conclusions and hide behind a computer persona to bad mouth people. LytleWilly aka Bill@SOBLures www.soblures.com |
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Post by fatristo on Sept 28, 2010 3:47:35 GMT -4
Hello, everyone. My name is Fadill and I'm from Malaysia. I'm married and have one 3 years old beautiful daughters. I fished a lot when I was a teenager using live bait. I just returned from fishing few weeks ago at Royal Belum, Temenggor Dam, Malaysia. My target fish is a Giant Snakehead and here the fish absolutely love Rapalas especially Fat Rap and Risto Rap. I'm sorry if i used broken english.  That me with 1.8kg Giant Snakehead and Risto Rap |
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