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The Mogan Man is packed up and heading back to the Tampa Bay area for the Florida Sportsman Show at the fair grounds this weekend. The entire AF staff will be tagging along. Who knows, even the bird might fly in to check this one out.

The Florida Sportsman Show in Tampa holds a lot of history and memories for the AF crew. This was the first expo AF attended back in 2001 with the debut of the Mogan Theater. AF quickly made a lot of friends as attendees sat and watched episodes of Addictive Fishing on the big screen. Capt. Blair mingled with fans while demonstrating knot tying techniques. It was the craziness of the booth that stole the show that year. Last year, although the days of the Mogan Theater are behind them, AF continued the tradition of packing them in as they combined booths with their sponsor FINS and sold signature series rods and spools of line.

It's been 10 years since our first visit to the Expo Hall at the fair grounds and we're looking forward to seeing all of our old friends and new faces coming out to see us. Addictive Fishing and FINS will once again join booths but the sale of rods and line will be handled by the professionals at the Southeastern Fishing Tackle Liquidators booth. Their shelves will be stocked with a huge assortment of FINS braided lines, a rack full of Blair's signature series Flats Blue rods, and Sabalos reels by Wright & McGill.

The Mogan Man is also scheduled to give his classic inshore fishing seminar on the main stage. Catch Blair's seminar at 1 pm both Saturday and Sunday as he shares his secrets for targeting inshore species (trout, redfish and snook). Learn about tackle and techniques from the host of the hottest show on television and the web.

Look for our sponsors while at the show. If you spot any of AF's sponsors' booths at the expo, stop by and let them know how much you enjoy the show and having them as part of the AF family. They love hearing from the fans as much as we do! Here's one to keep your eyes out for: Breathe Like A Fish will have the new Mogan Series shirts available at the show this weekend!

Not able to make it to Tampa for the expo this weekend? Get your AF fix with the Season Finale on Sun Sports. Mr. Producer gets out from behind the console and steps in front of the camera for the first time in 11 seasons. Join Kevin & Blair as they bring you the best clips, missing scenes and comical bloopers of 2011. From all of us at Addictive Fishing, we want to thank all of our fans who watch us on Sun Sports. Our local homies are who put us on the chart. We love you guys! Without our fans, this next paragraph wouldn't exist.

Next week, Addictive Fishing can be seen on Sportsman Channel. The entire 2011 season of Addictive Fishing is unleashed across broader plains. Catch all the excitement of catching tarpon in Florida, sturgeon in Oregon and frozen fish sticks in Colorado. Free up your schedule to tune in Wednesday @ 4 pm and Saturday @ 8:30 pm. New episodes are also being launched on YouTube every Monday. The season starts with "Low Country Reds" in South Carolina.

Tune in next week as we wrap up the Flats Blue YouTube Contest. We’ll also be bringing back the Mogan of the Week. We’ve had a lot of great entries the past couple of weeks and it's been really hard not to give recognition to such fantastic photos. Check out the Mogans that have been posted in the Mogan Lounge lately. Keep 'em coming!

Showin' up and showin' off,
BillBird