It ain't chess, it's ain't checkers, and it ain't boxing -

[hedgehog]

it's fishing -

he's been letting out the line for 3 years, and today he set the hook. Now we reel them in!

[ChairmanAgnostic]

1. reel in what?

Carp?

[hedgehog]

2. Comparing the fine and noble carp to the Republican Party is

an insult to the fish!

[Mr Deltoid]

6. An old tire

[no_hypocrisy]

3. If it were The Highlands, I'd say the pukes have been playing

catch as catch can.

http://www.sportsdefinitions.com/highland-games/Catch-as-catch-can-style.html

[bemildred]

Well, I think you are correct.

So let's see what happens.

[COLGATE4]

4. What he's reeling in is just an old rubber boot

[Bake]

5. I think he only hooked a stump.

Bake