man what a month. , i would like to thank all my customers and friends from all over the world for sending the concerned emails when you heard we were flooding out here in washington. i was not affected but had some close friends that were, 2 lost there houses, but thank you for your concern. i was flooded with emails from guys who wanted to make sure things were ok. and 1 guy even volunteered to fly up to help sandbag. all of you are really cool. thanks.

on another note i met a guy today who tried to sell me some jigs. they looked just like mine but on a crappy hook. { he didn't know who i was} anyway he told me he came up with the jig pattern, but i told him i thought i had seen it before, then he said that  some guy online was copying him { he told me he had been making jigs for almost 2 years he said, i think i have him beat by a few years } i asked if it was kramer tackle and he said "yeah, that's the guy". then i introduced myself as steve kramer, he almost crapped his shorts. he is the 3rd guy copying my  jigs. i know there is nothing i can do about it but it is really frustrating and pretty sad you have to copy someone elses design and take credit for it.  pretty sad indeed. 

ok that is my rant.

 thank again for all of your loyalty and pray for all the people hurt in the floods.

steve