I've always thought you were listening to the rattle of the crank bait in your sig.

RedTopLady, I don't usually make comments, but with your story, I just have to! You are a fishing freak and I hold nothing but the uttmost respect for you, I can't believe you kept fishing 30 minutes after that sucker went in your ear. You are incredible, now everytime you make a post and I see that picture, it will have
a special meaning for everyone that knows the story. You know thats almost like the "Purple heart" of fishing!!!

I feel your pain. I was the target of a 1/2 oz. rattle trap. My buddy was fishing with a 7' rod and hit me in the back of the head. It felt like someone had clobbered me with a ball batt also. Thank god I was leaning against the seat or I would have been in the water. We headed straight in to his house at Fork to see where we needed to go get the 4 hooks out. We called Emory fire and rescue, no answer. So we called 911, the # was busy. Finally had to go to Sulpher Springs to get the hooks taken out. We told them that who all we had called and they said everyone was off for Christmas. So don't fish East Texas on a holiday.