Another fishing magazine in the mail. Let’s take a look at the front cover headlines of the Fish & Game Inland Edition, June 2012.

From Trade Show to Field Test (There are fishing trade shows? Do they trade fish? Is it different than a fish market?)

10 Things You May Not Know About Specks (You mean how they got pointy ears? Oh, that’s Specks, not Spocks. Rats!)

Fishing Strange Water For Bass (Your mother told you never to do that!)

Overcoming Oh Crap! Moments (This article is a wee bit late. I needed it decades ago. Maybe I should send a copy to each of my co-workers.)

Lightning! When Nature Goes Nuclear (Hardly, and we all know “it’s not nice to fool Mother Nature.“)

Rules Of The Game: Predators (I think predators make the rules. Yep, they do.)

Whitetail Supplements: Feed Early, Grow Big (No way am I taking supplements that might make me grow a tail, white or otherwise. What some people won’t do for attention!)

Hubby’s fishing magazine arrived today, just in the nick of time. As I write, hubby is out in the back pasture with a net, looking for little fish that may have washed down from our neighbor’s pond in today’s rain (1.66 inches). He’s hoping to find some small fish to put in our ponds so they can grow up to be big fish so he can catch them and then put them back. (Rinse, repeat.) Let’s see what the June 2012 issue of Bassmaster has to offer for hubby and his little fishes. Here are the front cover headlines:

Which pros use plastic surgery? (Oh, my, they are naming names in this issue. Not anyone that I’ve heard of, but that’s just me.)

The Tell-All Issue

>> Rojas Comes Clean About Frog Fetish (Do you think he has stuffed frog toys all over his house?)

>> Dee Thomas Reveals The Real Story Behind Flippin’ (Maybe he’s a cheerleader.)

>> Skipping School: 5 Techniques Exposed (Don’t you think someone will notice if they see you leaving school grounds with a fishing pole in hand?)

Gonna catch a big fish!

Become a Storm Trooper: Fight The Floods, Whip The Wind, Catch ‘Em in Current.

That’s from the top of the front cover of the Bass Master magazine, May 2012 issue.

I just think that fishing while wearing Imperial Stormtrooper armor will be a tad warm and clunky. But, hey, what do I know about fishing? Maybe it’s one of those fishing superstitions.

Storm Trooper photo from Storm Trooper starwars.wikia

One fine Sunday morning I found a magazine while waiting for a class at a bead shop. The magazine was on a table in front of a closed restaurant, next door to the bead shop. I was early to my class (as usual), so I picked up the magazine to pass some time.

The magazine was the January/February 2011 issue of The Highlander, the Magazine of Scottish Heritage. Their web site says they are now in their fourth decade of publication.

Am I always the last to know? Really, there is a whole Scottish universe out there.

I loved this magazine. It reports on “history, heritage, genealogy, clan news, and event listings.” I was a bit late for any of the events, but the articles and advertisements were fascinating.

A sampling of the articles:

The Ghosts of Glamis Castle
Clan Mackintosh
The Gordon/Hay Feud of 1616
Ayrshire’s Artistic Embroidery
Robert Burns & The Globe Inn
Historic Iona Abbey
The Murder of Colin Campbell

Some Scottish trivia (p. 56): “Scots More Loyal To Their Banks Than To Their Spouses”

“A recent study has revealed that Scots typically stay with their bank for longer than they stay with their partner. The average person says their longest romantic relationship has lasted 14.1 years, while they have stayed with the same bank for an average of 16.5 years. Nearly six out of ten have had the same bank account for more than a decade, while 18 percent have been with their bank for more than 30 years.”

Hmm. My 16th wedding anniversary is coming up. I don’t know if my husband has any Scottish blood in him. If he does, should I be worried?

The February 2012 issue of Bassmaster arrived (for hubby, of course). Let’s check the front cover headlines.

Casting Call: Learn Your Lines (Are the fish auditioning for a part as an extra in a movie? Jaws 23, maybe?)

Smallmouth Strategies: 5 Proven Ways to a 6-Pounder (I’m not so sure that trying to stuff a 6-pound fish into a small mouth is a good idea. Split lips are no fun, no fun at all.)

Spinning Class: Follow KVD’s Lead and Aaron Martens Goes Old-School (Why, having an exercise bicycle on a fancy-dancy fishing boat is a great idea! Just think of all the exercise fishermen can get while the fish aren’t biting (which for some, is most of the time). They could even be charging up the boat’s battery, helping save the environment.)