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Gene & Charlie look over a bait brought over by Jack]
Four Tackleunderground members recently gathered for an evening of handshakes, home cookin, a few beers and for discussing a topic near & dear to the heart, building lures. Tackleunderground members
Charlie Mitchell,
Gene Graham "
Lincoya, aka Godfather of the photo finish technique" &
Jack Long "
Jacklbass" all made the drive to meet up with TU member
Emory Cole "
Coley, Battle Of the Baits Champ" who hosted the get-together from his home in Columbia Tennessee, a lil south of Nashville. Jack was also accompanied by his grandson Chris.
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left to right - Jacklbass, Lincoya, Charlie Mitchell, Coley]
Coley hosted what he calls a HOBO cookout, called a Hobo is because its cooked
in a garbage can. (never commisioned for trash duty of course) They gathered around with a few cold ones & steamed up some corn on the cob, new potatoes, Colorado sweet onions, red peppers with some tasty smoked sausage to top it off, Mmm Mmm.
These four met on the tackleunderground website & decided to congregate for an evening of food and discussing thier luremaking addiction, Emory & Charlie get together every once in awhile but it was good to see em all together & puttin faces with the names in the real world.
We caught wind of the event & had TU T-shirts waiting for em when they arrived. Thanks fellas & hope you enjoy much more time together in the future.
But I sure would have liked to have tasted Coleys cooking. Even though these guys look pretty shaddy, I'm sure I would have had a good time. I spent time with Charlie at the Bass Masters Classic Outdoor Show in Charlotte. If the rest of these characters are as nice as Charlie is, then we are all missing something. I am so glad that the site has promoted lasting friendships for many of us. It is a wonderful thing to have these things in life. So with that said I guess you Tn. boys better get ready, because I'm comming over the mountains in the spring. And I mean you better get ready because I'm not kidding. 
