Speak Softly and Carry a Big Flippin’ Stick

You’re out for a relaxing evening stickin’ some dinks at your local bass hole when a trio of thugs roll up behind you and one of them flashes a pistol. Do you…

A) Jump in the lake
B) Give them what they want
C) Smack ’em with a flippin’ stick

If you chose A or B, you need to man up, pansy.

A 67-year-old Missouri man said he used his fishing rod to fend off a group of three pistol-toting punks at a local park on the north side of St. Louis. The troublemakers bailed and the fast-acting angler escaped the situation with a “severe laceration” on his side—better than a bullet hole, I guess.

You see, this is just one more example of how finesse tackle will get you in trouble. I’m not sure what kind of fishing this guy was doing, but I hope he was frogging with a 7-foot heavy-action broomstick. Can you imagine if he was tossing a shakey head on a wimpy little egg-beater rig? He would probably be dead right now.

The flippin’ stick: Never leave home without it.

Note: Jason’s opinions about the evils of wussy-boy finesse fishing don’t necessarily represent those of bassblaster.bassgold.com. He’s just mad because his fingers are too fat to tie a palomar knot.