I am looking forward to the new production, Bob. Can't wait to see what you
have new this year.

God Bless.




"Bob Rickard" wrote in message
y.com...
Hey there Kevin,

I personally have not seen any of those hog-size, disaster-ridden tackle
boxes around for a long, long time. I would guess most people that had
owned
them have burned and buried the darn things at least six feet deep by now.

My ticker is coming along OK, and I actually hope to do some fishing this
year. Right now, though, I am really pooped because Joe has been working
me
to death! The next time I start a new company and hire my own boss, I will
make sure that he/she is as lazy as I am. Joe is a precision machine that
seems to need no rest. The last time he caught me goofing off, he
threatened
to trade me to some spinnerbait company in Baghdad for a designer to be
named later. You can bet that I have been a busy little beaver since then.

With the patent now in hand and the final design touches to the new 2004
models complete, our factories (yes, real factories instead of making them
one-at-a-time by hand) have begun full scale production. Making this
happen
was, for all of us, a huge project.

The new models look like jewelry but are tougher than a cheap steak, and
really perform beautifully in the water. Not even the Japanese can touch
the
quality, looks or durability of these things. Other than the top quality
Mustad hooks and Lakeland & Worth spinner blades we use for them,
everything
else is specially 100% Secret Weapon designed and built. They will debut
on
the internet in mid to late February, and will also start showing up in
selected tournament-oriented dealers around the country at about the same
time.

There is a loving God, and through the good people that He has put into
our
lives, and the ideas that He has mysteriously planted in my head, Phyllis
&
I can now look forward to a future that we thought was gone forever, due
to
our severe health problems. Now we just can't seem to give thanks enough
to
Him and everyone else that has made all this possible, and that includes
all
of you.
--
Bob Rickard
www.secretweaponlures.com
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