what did you get at the show??

[Grant Pearson]

best thing I got at the show: a nice, close shot of 2 of the viking cheerleaders posing for the camera. good thing the wifey wasn't along.....

[McGurk]

Had a good time thre, you could find me by following the drool. Met up with the Arctic Armor guys, but alas; my christmas shopping fund was tapped out with the new Otter and the little things that kept adding up. Great looking stuff though. If I was to buy, that is what it would be. I'll second the quiet material of the camo version.

Made the rounds then settled in at Thorne Bros to buy. I got a Marcum Icepac, A Mopod, a couple of #3 Chubby Darters, and was sucked in to try the Weed'EZ that were hanging all over the place! I've already got a camera weed from Ladredge, so we'll see if that makes a difference or not. The only issue I see is putting it away wet when it's cold, I'd think you'd have to bring it in every night and thaw it out and dry it out for the next use. No that big of a deal, but something to think about.

Also picked up a Slush inhaler for the Perm house; I just hate spending the first half house in that house getting wet knees while cleaning out 6 holes!

Thanks to all who helped out at Thorne Bros, specifically Matt, and the rest of the people who put that show on for us ice nuts! Another Fine Waste of a Saturday Morning!

[sirsunnyslayer]

I picked up another two sweetheart rods, a rod holder and some self heating coffee?? We ran into Kent Hrbek as we were leaving and had a short chat with him. That guy is A-OK with me.

[afishrmn]

I'm planning on going today, but from the sounds of it I'm wondering if there is even anything left. It sounds like alot of you guys made a hauling......congrats.....

I can't wait to get there

[TRIPSTOWIN]

Any good deals on vented heaters at the show. Looking for something to heat a 10x16. Thanks

[aczr2k]

Picked up a couple of lure lightnings, great guys at the booth, and a spare cutting head for the Nils at marine general. I was going to pick up another rod/reel at Thorne Bros but they were swamped, guess that means I'll just have to make a trip down to the store, man I sure hate that. This was my first trip to the show, thought it was great, probably wouldn't need to go every year unless I needed something, who am I kidding don't we always NEED something?

Was pretty impressed with the Frabil insulated houses, especially the red/black ones.

[thirtysomething]

What a great show, I met a few FMers, I got my questions answered, thanks Nature Vision and Artic Armour and I picked up what I wanted (Showdown and PakShak 3) for the price I wanted. After all the research on this board, thanks everyone, and talking to the factory reps I feel great about what I got. I started to price the different suppliers, but call it message board loyalty, I headed right to the Thorne Brothers, they matched what I wanted to pay, and spent time going through the sweetheart rods I keep hearing about. I also tried on my future Armour suit, glad I did, I'm a mix and matcher, bigger bottoms than tops, saw Walleye Dan too! Soon as the funds are there, Dan will be getting my order, and I'll add a couple sweethearts to my collection. I love this board and will continue to support it's sponsors, thanks everyone for your input.

[omni]

Sweetheart perch rod, tica reel, florice line in 2 & 4 from Thorne Bros.

P.S. Is the Marcum LX-1 really priced at ~200 these days? Almost every vendor had it for around that price. Getting close to biting on a flasher of some sort...

[zamboni]

30 Something- what did you get that Showdown for?

[iowaboy]

Well it wasn't the best drive from central IA but we made it and glad we did. Got a good deal on some of the Aqua View Weeds. Also picked up a couple more Jason Mitchell Rods I think that Meat Stick will be the rod I use the most "very sweet". Also picked up a few jigs from various vendors dodn't find the Fiskas Wolfram's I was looking for

You Minnesota folk are lucky to have such a great show we have nothing like that here in Iowa.

Matt it was good to shake your hand again I hope IceJohn didn't wear you out.

The drive home was alittle shakey lots of cars in the ditch.

[hanson]

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Also picked up a few jigs from various vendors didn't find the Fiskas Wolfram's I was looking for

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I was commenting to someone today at the show that there is really not much tackle at all available. The stuff everyone seamed to carry was the "new" stuff as well, everybody had Lindy Rattl'n Flyer Spoons for sale.

I came to the conclusion that it is really a big pain in the arse to bring all that tackle with, traditionally not a good seller, or too many people with sticky fingers.

[Scott M]

They weren't Fiskas, but I did see some Russian Mayrmoshka jigs in the style of Wolfram jigs. The packages were in Russian and everything. Lots of colors and different jig body styles.

[hanson]

Back to the original question... "What did I get at the show??"

Nothing this year.

Talked with a lot of old friends, made some new ones, and met some fans from FM as well.

There were a few people I talked with for 5 minutes or more, when they'd ask me "You aren't Hanson from FM are you?"

[hondavxr]

I got an Arctic Armor Bib and I got to talk to walleyedan for a moment. I also spoke with Matt Johnson. I got there around 3:00 a lot of vendors were packing up and leaving. C-yalls on the ice soon.

[SomethingFishy*]

At the Show:

2-5 packs of structure on a string, a couple 12 volt fans for the wheel house, a few bait holders, some purple stuff.

At Cabelas on the way home:

Marcum VS380

Strikemaster 8" electric for the wheel house.

[Borch]

Well I had a great time at the show on Saturday working the Artic Armor booth. Both the IDI and Walleye Dan's booths were hopping with folks checking out, trying on and buying suits. Was a pretty busy place. I did however take a break mid afternoon to check out the new 36" panfish sweetheart at the Thorne Bros. booth. They only had one left when I got there and when I left they were out. Also picked up a Thorne rod case to fit the longer rod as well as an nice Abu Cardnel 100 reel. Talked with Matt and Pat there for awhile which is something I look forward to.

Saw and talked with lots of FMers who were working or checking out the show. It's always fun talking fishing with good folks.

[thirtysomething]

Zamboni-

What's wrong with the showdown? I'm not giving up my Marcum, but am excited to try the water column look.

-30?

[wolfman-k]

My wife bought me an Artic Armor camo suit for my Christmas present! WalleyeDan, nice to meet you and I'll be looking for my package in a week or two.

[walleyedan]

First off, thank all of you FMers and all the rest of the folks that stopped by our Arctic Armor booth. We had a fantastic show and it ceratinly looks like the word is out. It was very nice to put some faces to names. Thank you to Joel, Borch, Deitz and Hanson for helping out as well. I had an idea that the word was getting out, but wasn't thinking it was going to be that crazy, we had to take a lot of orders because we ran out of a number of sizes. We have a new batch coming in this week and will also be ordering up this a.m.. I came away with some Northland Tackle, some hook-out stuff from our neighbor from Ohio, some custom rods from Keith, and some great ideas for our new shop. I am thinking that the Marcum rod/fasher bag is a great idea and that I will most likely be purchasing a few of them for our rental business. Oh, almost forgot about my new Arctic Fisherman tip-ups (cribbage board and camo).

Thanks again,

Walleyedan

[Deitz Dittrich]

Was great to see everybody, Ihad a great time. Didn't get to talk to Dan much 8-) he was too busy! And rightfully so!

Lets see, I went home with 4 fishing reels, for my 2 new Thorne brothers rods. Panfish Popper, and 32" Panfish Sweetheart.. and my new Jason Mitches 24 walleye rod and Perch Rod. Also picked up some of thenew Lindy flying spoons w/rattles. A pair of Arctic Armor Gloves. And lastly a new Genz rod for lake trout fishing.

[irishjigs]

28" Perch Sweetheart, Cetus reel, some jigs from Northland, and the new big Rod bad from Thorne Bros. Can't wait to try my new toys! Thanks to Matt and everyone at Thorne Bros for helping me out.

[slipperybob]

Arctic Armor camo

4pack 6ft reel weeds

32" Thorn Perch outside

32" Thorn Panfish outside

[Ferny]

Hey All, I was helping out at the Fishapalooza booth all weekend. I was the pushy guy who's lips never stopped flapping! I got to meet many of you while I was handing out fliers, can coolies, and Northland jigs. Thanks for mentioning where you heard about us and were FM-ers!

I picked up a bigger pair of Mickey Mouse boots for my boy, a couple of air soft guns, and another pair of heavyweight military polypro tops and bottoms from State Publications.

I've been dealing with him for over 10 years, great stuff and good deals!

I also picked up one of those large hockey type bags super cheap! They are going to be great for all the hunting/fishing trips where I pack too much.

I missed out on the plastic hole liners that keep your ducer from tangling. Anybody know where you can pick them up locally? It looked like they were selling like hot cakes!

Of course we kept the beef stick girl in business as well as well as the beer guy

See you on the Lake,

Ferny

[ameyers41]

No big ticket items for me this year at the show, although my wife got me a strike-lite for my birthday, which I'm excited to start using.

Picked up a thorne bros rod bag and assorted tackle (all 20% off) from them. Got some rope lights ($6), little vexilar tackle box ($5) from Reeds, and an auger extension for said new auger from the strikemaster booth for $5.

I surprised myself for not overdoing it this year!

All in all, it was a fun afternoon seeing all the new products, and I already have an eye on a new flip over next year.

[tip_upclyma]

What a GREAT SHOW!!!!! I picked up a Fishtrap Yukon, the Yukon cover, a Mag Cap for the Vexi, some new line for the rods, a bunch of the Chubby Darter #3s. I also wanted to say thanks to Paulie from the Bobber Shop. He was very helpful, and knew his stuff! GREAT SHOW!!!!!