Super Dave likes to collect fishing junk, and now wants to construct a huge shed to house it all. I just want to get rid of my junk, not provide housing. So I got this container of jigs that I made. About a dozen bought jigs in there but the rest are my special creations. Of course I have all sorts of new creations, so these need to go. I have other containers as well. LOL
I considered a contest here but people are funny and sometimes the nice guys ends up being the goat. Yeah, I said people are funny. This has happened to me way too many times. Be generous, get burned. People think special thoughts about what they deserve and such.
So now I am considering taking this container to my gentleman’s crappie club. These are old old ancient men from way back getting on in the years. Far far too many years. Anyways I thought they might like to have some of these, even though most of them no longer actually go fishing.
Would it be likely they would accept as a gift, or do you think they would want to pay, or should I just call it a club donation and let them choose. Hmmmmmmm.
My wife tried to help me out a little. She didn’t want me to toss away my creations. She thinks they have value. I challenged her assertion and she decided that she could make use of them. Here is what she came up with.
I still am unsure of how I feel about this piece. I asked if she was gonna add more jigs but it is already fairly heavy. As art it is definitely in the eye of the beholder, as I think it looks silly. Maybe I could sell it to someone and use the money to buy more canvasses for another- Mermaid with Jig. Get rid of excess junk that way.
I saw where the other CDC contests are vague challenges and I asked for advice and was told contests have winners, but more importantly they have lots of losers. I don’t need people being nasty.
Maybe I thought, I should just put them into baggies and whenever I see people at the ramps, throw baggies at them and quick tear off in the truck. I only worry that doing this is like feeding raccoons. Sure everything is cute when they first start coming up for free food, but soon enough one will end up biting you, and then you end up in the ER getting rabies shots and lectures from medical staff and such. I already have had people come up and ask me for my fish because they must have seen me give away fish before. I think that was lesson enough.
I hate to see them just melt down though when they are still relatively new- most all less than 8 months old. In a year or so the plastic will start to break down.
I think I will go with the club guys and see what happens. What do you big time jig makers do with your junk ?