I will give all the credit to my wife and the girls that helped, Rosie,Sherri,Barb and everyone else that did their part to make the party a great event. I would also like to thank all the people that showed up and made it a PARTEEEEEY! All the food, drink and fun was supplied by the partiers themselves. I am still trying to find Smitty, If you see him make sure you remind him that he owes me a 1.50 for that eel. I know I had great time, I am planning NEXT years party and have planned for the time that Jeeps and Homer will be away like everybody has requested again. I won't tell them the date until they have prior commitments and won't be able to change them. It worked out pretty good this year . I really did miss my two best friends and probably the two biggest parts of the riptide construction and promotion not being here. I guess I will have to work around Jeeps wife's (Joan's) due date .

I did make it up to the Giants game last night as my Uncle Mike invited us to go with him to watch the game. We sat 4th row on the 40 yard line. It was 30 degrees with a wind chill of -30 degrees. I was all dressed up in my Mustang suit and my son was wearing his neoprene waders so we didn't feel a thing. If I would have found some water we could have gone fishing. We all agreed that half time was enough for us and it was great to see the smile on my 10 year olds face as we sat so close to the field, to tell you the truth I think my smile was just as big.

There is nothing to report on the fishing front, if I start to get reports you will be the first to know it. The shop hours are going to be limited. I will be here every day prior to X-Mas but my hours will vary. If you call the shop I will have it forwarded to my cell and can meet you here with-in minutes. I will also be here working on the web-site and shop-on-line. I am hoping to have the entire store on-line before long. Jason and I will be working hard on it and it will only grow from here. I have been really working hard on making the shop a destination for anglers all over. I have been going to all the tackle shows just to keep up on the latest and greatest equipment that is out there. Stop in to say hello or just give a call, we have plenty of sales going on prior to the Holiday season and you have to be here if you want a bargain.

Thanks again for a wonderful season and if I don't talk to you, I hope you and yours have a wonderful, healthy, and safe Holiday.

Thanks

Capt Andy and the entire Riptide Family