Re: Calling Miloman, Derwood...
Just to let all know I'm still here, check in often to see what others say but as always I'm kinda quite. To quote Kahlil Gibran, "A man begins to speak when he is no longer at ease with his thoughts". You all continue to give me thoughts that keep me at ease so I say less than most. <br /><br />And where is Ebb? Long time no hear.<br /><br />Schematic personally helped me with a project that was dear to my family -- converting VHS tapes to DVDs. Brilliant and generous. Hope he and his are well.<br /><br />For those who didn't know Underwood, the shoafin priest, here is a sample of his wisdom from an old thread which was a dialogue between gonfishn, Peterfishbuster, 495v, Sloopy, peterfishbuster, crabbait, 12footer and derwood (aka storywood, deflatedwood, sludgewood, acewood, and now missinwood:<br /><br /> <br /><br />Author Topic: What is a shoaFINpriest <br />gonfishn <br />Admiral <br />Member # 9661 posted July 12, 2002 01:01 PM <br /> <br />I have looked into the dictionary and every religion know to man and still can't find what a shoaFINpriest is. Is this a new following and how can I join (or maybe not). If Derwood is the leader can you imagine what kind of following he has.<br />After his sermon when the offering is passed ,do you give him money,fishing lures,or just some plain luck. I know as far as entertainment goes he sure knows how to stir things up.<br /><br />Should we join?<br /><br />--------------------<br />Musky...Any Other Fin Is Just Bait<br /> <br /> <br />Posts: 1107 | From: The Hills | Registered: May 2002 | IP: Logged <br /><br /><br />Peterfishbuster <br />Captain <br />Member # 8498 posted July 12, 2002 02:14 PM <br /> <br />It is not so much a religion as a state of being. Those of us that are masters tend to stand apart from everyone else. Perhaps this is our dedication or perhaps it is the ever present smell of bait on our hands but we are one with the fishing cosmose. Derwood is by no means the leader as we do not have one as such but are masters of our own destinies. In fact Derwood has just barely attained masters status and that based soley on his choice of boat and fishing location. Even those of us that are masters are humble enough to admit that we still have a lot to learn and humbly accapt advice and knowledge from others. <br />Now on to the offerings if you so choose to you may perhaps gain unmeasurable blessings from a master by giving him (or her) all sorts of lure or tackle but make sure it is top quality gear and not from the cheap bins.<br /><br />--------------------<br /> I fish therfore I am. (Unknown) ShaoFin Master.<br /> <br />Posts: 920 | From: Moncks Corner, SC, USA | Registered: Apr 2002 | IP: Logged <br /><br /><br />derwood <br />Captain <br />Member # 7186 posted July 12, 2002 09:54 PM <br /> <br />Peter is correct,<br /><br />I lead no one, nor do i ask to be led. Anyone who knows of the curse is sure to keep their distance....would you want the O-cursed one behind you where you could'nt keep at least one eye on him at all times....I think not!!!!<br /><br />The way of the Shoafin priest at times is a lonely one (the smell of bait is sure to get you a spot to sleep out on the couch). Truly one can only learn from his-her own mistakes (just ask the guy with the bomer-long-A in his balls ). The shoafin masters can only politely guide others with subtle suggestion.<br /><br />Shoafin masters hold the scars from many battles (the whole reason for the developement of "bounceing monkey style gung fu"). Some won...Some lost. All are a gift of knowlage. In that alone is a Shoafin master Born.(a quick joke from Crabbait dose'nt hurt either....that is how it all got started anyway)<br /><br />A Shoafin monks title is not given, there is no party thrown, or certificate on the wall, only knowlage and fond memories of battles won, make a monk see himself for what he is.<br /><br />A shoafin fishing monk is hummble (except with his sons and daughters...old bull-young bull-yin-yang zen type of gimmic).<br /><br />Quiet ("drunkin master style gung fu" is altered by each beer and subject to change with the indivedual monk).<br /><br />Polite (see "hidden dragon style gung fu").<br /><br />And gentle (big hammers on broken boat motors are one exception).<br /><br />When he wins a battle he can be heard for a mile.<br /><br />When he loses he can be heard for two.<br /><br />He is known to be a doscile creature.....BUT<br /><br />Steal his spot, lose his favorite lure, drive a water roach over his line or simply **** in the wind while he is standing behind you and you may encounter the shoafin fighting style known as the "Hidden Dragon" <br /><br />The shoafin priest belives in "knowledge is power" and is always learning. A socialable clan are we,(especialy after a six pack) Always helping other monks with strategy and style, never being to proud to be helped.<br /><br />Nature is our temple, we need no building to practice our faith (an ocasional porta pot gets a blessing). We live in harmony with all of gods creatures (except the ocasonial spartan battle with the spouse over fishing funds).<br /><br />We own little or nothing but our boats, poles and tackle (we morgaged our homes for our boats and sold our lawnmowers for bait....except me....i parted my lawnmower out for the steering wheel on my boat!) <br /><br />We don't ask for much, but donations are accepted.(donated bait money could save a marriage....free beer can get you boat parts, secret spots and all kinds of good gung fu). <br /><br />If it is important for you to know weather you have reached shoafin master status here is the test.....when you are fishing on the bottom and catching fish, and you turn around and see that the ten other fishermen fishing with a bobber, that have been stareing at you for an hour, have all switched to a bottom rig and you are still the only one catchen fish.......congradulations.....you are now a Shoafin Master fishing monk. <br /><br />derwood.<br /><br />--------------------<br />Zen fishing.....be one with the lure. The ShoaFin priest.<br /> <br />Posts: 539 | From: Sumter co. Fla. | Registered: Mar 2002 | IP: Logged <br /><br /><br />495v <br />Captain <br />Member # 6497 posted July 19, 2002 05:21 PM <br /> <br />Derwood, you are too much!!!! <br />Tying in the bomber-a ball thing was good. That was from a past post right; were some guy sat on it and got stuck in the ole' sack. <br /> <br />Posts: 454 | From: Plainfield, IL | Registered: Feb 2002 | IP: Logged <br /><br /><br />SLOOPY <br />Dock Boy <br />Member # 13001 posted July 19, 2002 06:31 PM <br /> <br />MASTER, should we tell them about the secret club, or are they all dimure dissmil dimunitive little prats, that are ar nothing compaired ot thew shoafin's! <br /><br />--------------------<br />F ___'in Old Repainted Chrysler Engine <br /><br />"The cabin of a small yacht is truly a wonderful thing;<br />not only will it shelter you from the tempest, but from the other <br />troubles of life; it is a safe retreat" <br />- - - -L. Francis Herreshoff<br /> <br /> <br />Posts: 2244 | From: West Virginia | Registered: Jul 2002 | IP: Logged <br /><br /><br />derwood <br />Captain <br />Member # 7186 posted July 19, 2002 11:14 PM <br /> <br />495v,<br /><br />Yea...that was on an old post. Glad somebody caught that....i was worried some would not get the joke. <br /><br />Sometime soon i am going to get some pictures to go with all this stuff....that aught to be a hoot to make! <br /><br />OOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHH....00-BOATY. <br /><br />Storywood.<br /><br />--------------------<br />Zen fishing.....be one with the lure. The ShoaFin priest.<br /> <br />Posts: 539 | From: Sumter co. Fla. | Registered: Mar 2002 | IP: Logged <br /><br /><br />derwood <br />Captain <br />Member # 7186 posted July 19, 2002 11:24 PM <br /> <br />UH OH..... HERE COMES MY WIFE WITH THAT PIN AGAIN!<br /><br />NO...NO...BACK YOU FEIND........ITS MY EGO.....<br /><br />I WANT A BIG HEAD.....I LIKE IT.....NO..NO....GET AWAY...<br /><br />BINK....PPPPUUUUUFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF!<br /><br />dangded Females!<br /><br />Deflatedwood. <br /><br />--------------------<br />Zen fishing.....be one with the lure. The ShoaFin priest.<br /> <br />Posts: 539 | From: Sumter co. Fla. | Registered: Mar 2002 | IP: Logged <br /><br /><br />SLOOPY <br />Dock Boy <br />Member # 13001 posted July 20, 2002 09:14 AM <br /> <br />I MY GOSH I THINK SOME ONE JUST DEFLATED DERWOOD, REST IT PIECE <br /><br />--------------------<br />F ___'in Old Repainted Chrysler Engine <br /><br />"The cabin of a small yacht is truly a wonderful thing;<br />not only will it shelter you from the tempest, but from the other <br />troubles of life; it is a safe retreat" <br />- - - -L. Francis Herreshoff<br /> <br /> <br />Posts: 2244 | From: West Virginia | Registered: Jul 2002 | IP: Logged <br /><br /><br />SLOOPY <br />Dock Boy <br />Member # 13001 posted July 20, 2002 11:00 AM <br /> <br />the wife poped derwood sob sob sob....... I call dibs on his motor and trailer <br /><br />--------------------<br />F ___'in Old Repainted Chrysler Engine <br /><br />"The cabin of a small yacht is truly a wonderful thing;<br />not only will it shelter you from the tempest, but from the other <br />troubles of life; it is a safe retreat" <br />- - - -L. Francis Herreshoff<br /> <br /> <br />Posts: 2244 | From: West Virginia | Registered: Jul 2002 | IP: Logged <br /><br /><br />Peterfishbuster <br />Captain <br />Member # 8498 posted July 20, 2002 11:49 AM <br /> <br />What you don't want the boat too? LOL Sorry Derwood he kind of opened it up.<br /><br />--------------------<br /> I fish therfore I am. (Unknown) ShaoFin Master.<br /> <br />Posts: 920 | From: Moncks Corner, SC, USA | Registered: Apr 2002 | IP: Logged <br /><br /><br />crab bait <br />Admiral <br />Member # 6309 posted July 20, 2002 04:10 PM <br /> <br />he ain't dumb...<br />that boats cursed , booby trapped or somethin'..<br /><br />if it throws the master monk out head over heels every other time out.. what do you think it'll do to a student apprentice..<br /><br />--------------------<br />crab bait<br /> <br />Posts: 1922 | From: delaware | Registered: Feb 2002 | IP: Logged <br /><br /><br />SLOOPY <br />Dock Boy <br />Member # 13001 posted July 20, 2002 06:18 PM <br /> <br />we would have to burry him in the boat, then burn it with derwood (RIP old FRIEND) that way the boat and derwood could be in shofinheaven forever. I can't wait to I go to shofinheavin, you always ketch the biggest fish, and you decid if you wan't a good day fishing or a bad day fishing. we can't send derwood up to heaven with out his one and only companion, his boat kinda like the Mystry mask man and the spanish guy named stubud! <br /><br />--------------------<br />F ___'in Old Repainted Chrysler Engine <br /><br />"The cabin of a small yacht is truly a wonderful thing;<br />not only will it shelter you from the tempest, but from the other <br />troubles of life; it is a safe retreat" <br />- - - -L. Francis Herreshoff<br /> <br /> <br />Posts: 2244 | From: West Virginia | Registered: Jul 2002 | IP: Logged <br /><br /><br />derwood <br />Captain <br />Member # 7186 posted July 21, 2002 12:30 AM <br /> <br />Yall had better use the gas in the tank to light her up, cause as fast as she sinks i'd only end up medium well done. <br /><br />I'm not going anywhere yet, I still have to catch that 50 lb snook! <br /><br />Better listen to Crabby on this one 00-boaty....Only the bravest of monks would dare even look in the general direction of the "Shade Tree Speical". Your "Bouncing monkey style gung fu" must be perfect and your swan dive of olyimpic class or you may not survive.<br /><br />Ahhh....Shoafin heaven...The master monks final fishing grounds....where all fish are trophys and the beer is free on tap.<br /><br />Just think....No more water roaches, Free bait, Your tackle box never gets tipped over, no more twisted lines, Free beer, you get to paint your own sunsets, The weather's never bad....Did i mention the FREE BEER?<br /><br />Sooner or later we all must make the journy to the happy fishing grounds, Take our place amongst the children of the fish gods (I'll be the outcast redheaded step child way in the back with the mop and bucket...paying penance).<br /><br />Don't worry bout my head....A can of "fix-a-fat" will puff it right back up....then she'll "bink" me again. The circle of life remains unbroken. <br /><br />Now see....there was no call for that! She just said "you've got somthing broken alright!"....I was just sitten here minden my own buisnes...Not buggen anybody....then "Bink"!<br /><br />Dangded Females <br /><br />Derwood.<br /><br />--------------------<br />Zen fishing.....be one with the lure. The ShoaFin priest.<br /> <br />Posts: 539 | From: Sumter co. Fla. | Registered: Mar 2002 | IP: Logged <br /><br /><br />12Footer <br />Admiral of the Caloosahatchee <br />Member # 1024 posted July 21, 2002 11:41 AM <br /> <br />What the----?????<br />What is this, "Crouching flyrod/hidden dragnet"?<br /> <br /><br />--------------------<br />"It is the soldier who salutes the flag,who serves beneath the flag,and whose coffin is draped by the flag,who allows the protester to burn the flag."<br />Father Dennis Edward O'Brien, USMC<br /> <br />Posts: 3888 | From: Lehigh Acres, FL, USA | Registered: Mar 2001 | IP: Logged <br /><br /><br />gonfishn <br />Admiral <br />Member # 9661 posted July 21, 2002 12:04 PM <br /> <br />ummmm. GrasshopperWood,I wonder where he fits in on the foodchain. He cain't be at the bottom because he can talk his way out of most anything we throw at him and he can't be at the top because PFB is always having to put him back in place. Making fun of my Bobber I'm sure is not the way of a SHOaFin guru.<br /><br />--------------------<br />Musky...Any Other Fin Is Just Bait<br /> <br /> <br />Posts: 1107 | From: The Hills | Registered: May 2002 | IP: Logged <br /><br /><br />derwood <br />Captain <br />Member # 7186 posted July 22, 2002 07:45 PM <br /> <br />Your absolutly Right Gonefishen,<br /><br />I behaved Un-monkly.....I just could'nt help it...I saw the picture of the thing...and....and....BBBBBBWWWWWWWAAAAAAA.....HHHHAAAAAA...HAAAA.<br /><br />I DID IT AGAIN....I tell ya what....in the true spirt of a shoafin monk all must be equal and all tolls paid....SO...this is what i propose to settle my bad maners.<br /><br />I will buy one of those things and then take a picture of me with it....AT THE FISHEN HOLE.<br /><br />Then i will post it here for all to see. <br /><br />As far as the food chain thing,<br /><br />I'm not at the bottom (not for the lack of treing by the fish gods to make me fishfood) But I am not even close to the top (peters spot)( by the way peter...get some softer shoes...I'm getten a bruise).<br /><br />I'd say if i had to take a guess (according to the last poll posted in fish god's Weakly) I'd be somewhere between that slime on a catfish's a$$ and the highest point on top of 00-boatys hat.<br /><br />Sorry 00-boaty....I just could'nt resist....I'm a bbbbbaaaaadddddddd monk today.(3...count em 3 weaks without fishen...I'm getten craby [not you Crabby old freind ]....OOOOHHHHH....THE MISERY)<br /><br />Gotto go....the catfish just ate and...well...the curse (nuf said)<br /><br />sludgewood.<br /><br />--------------------<br />Zen fishing.....be one with the lure. The ShoaFin priest.<br /> <br />Posts: 539 | From: Sumter co. Fla. | Registered: Mar 2002 | IP: Logged <br /><br /><br />Peterfishbuster <br />Captain <br />Member # 8498 posted July 22, 2002 11:07 PM <br /> <br />You know thinking about it what kind of fisherman are you I mean if I had a perfectly good catfish in a tank I would be rigging up my toothpick and sewing thread right now. LOL Anyway 1 week is way too long for me so I usually take a few at a local pond if I can't make it out further. Derwood take my advice on this one GO FISHING!!!!<br /><br />--------------------<br /> I fish therfore I am. (Unknown) ShaoFin Master.<br /> <br />Posts: 920 | From: Moncks Corner, SC, USA | Registered: Apr 2002 | IP: Logged <br /><br /><br />derwood <br />Captain <br />Member # 7186 posted July 23, 2002 11:04 PM <br /> <br />I feel a little better....A little!<br /><br />I took your advice Peter and went down to the pond on my property and wet a line.<br /><br />Its a nice little pond. Its long (800'x 200') and about 7 ft deep now that we have had some rain for awhile.<br /><br />The fish are hurten in it though. The drought has drained it down to a puddel 4 years in a row. There was just enough water in it for some of the biggest and most healthy fish to survive....But the ####### and crains come in when its low and get the small fish and almost all of the minnows and small baitfish. <br /><br />When I say LOW....I'm talken chapped frog belly low. I've seen it as low as 1 ft in the deepest part. <br /><br />I went out there just after dinner today and started casting with a mepps spinner(gold/chartruce) and caught 3 bass between 2 and 3 lbs and a couple of specks.<br /><br />I toss em all back though....I need breeders.<br /><br />Just before dark I heard this noise like a fleet of airboats comming out of the sun. I stood there for a minute looking into the sun but i was blinded by it and could'nt see what is was....<br /><br />Just then.....ZZZZZAAAPPPPP...I was under attack by a squardren of turky skitters! <br /><br />What a battle...I got three before they wounded me! I managed to get back to base....Bearly! <br /><br />Acewood.<br /><br />P.S. No catfish in the F.W. tank....My three Bass ate um....Honest. They were small Brown cats (2") <br /><br />--------------------<br />Zen fishing.....be one with the lure. The ShoaFin priest.<br /> <br />Posts: 539 | From: Sumter co. Fla. | Registered: Mar 2002 | IP: Logged <br /><br /><br />gonfishn <br />Admiral <br />Member # 9661 posted July 24, 2002 10:54 AM <br /> <br />Oh great.......now I see a ShoafinSailor. How many Shoas are out their? I think I'll change my post to "ShoaFin Gonfishn with a Bobber"<br /><br />Not Likely'''''''<br /><br />--------------------<br />Musky...Any Other Fin Is Just Bait<br /> <br /> <br />Posts: 1107 | From: The Hills | Registered: May 2002 | IP: Logged <br /><br /><br />derwood <br />Captain <br />Member # 7186 posted July 24, 2002 09:09 PM <br /> <br />Thats 00-Boaty (sailboaty).....I've started calling him that because he has more names than Jams bond (007).<br /><br />Derwood.<br /><br />--------------------<br />Zen fishing.....be one with the lure. The ShoaFin priest.<br /> <br />Posts: 539 | From: Sumter co. Fla. | Registered: Mar 2002 | IP: Logged
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