So, Bill... How do you REALLY feel about Tracker boats?
I have to say I agree with most everything posted here ("most" in that I did an "Evelyn Wood speed read" of the thread) and thought I would add one more to the list...
Is it just me or does anyone else see the saturation of competition and the desire to be number one as a problem? Our society has somehow elevated sports to an almost religious level. Every year, every game, every play is a "do or die" for the team, player, and especially the coach. And this has come down from the fans - "fanatics" - that support the team. For some reason we demand perfection and sportsmanship has become the "red-headed step-child"
Why are we are glued to the TV or radio to catch the game? Why is it we can't wait to get the morning paper and pull the sports section out? Can we really live our lives through Tiger, Shaq, Pujols, and TO?
The "Be like Mike" attitude has come to the angling community and, yes, I feel tournaments are much to blame. We watch the FLW boys rev their big fine Rangers up and throw rooster tails and speeding to their spot on the lake or river to catch a bass or number/weight of bass that will put them "in the money." Then you have the local guys competing at a much lower level, but acting like they are (insert favorite FLW pro name here.) Gotta have a boat like that... Gotta have a rod like that.... Gotta have that bait.... Gotta use that line... Gotta have that bell and whistle...
I mean, afterall... What we see on TV MUST be what fishing is all about, right?
NO!!!! What you see on TV is NOT what the fishing experience is all about. That is some big corporate board's idea of what THEY want you to perceive is the fishing experience so you will rush to your local store and fork over the bucks for their stuff...
This is the reason I got away from the bass world and even the cappie world and took up fly fishing. Now, some of the same types are invading that community as well.
I know I've unintentionally "boo-boo'd" and done something rude while fly fishing. But INTENTIONAL rudeness has no place in the fishing or hunting world. Forget that... It has NO PLACE IN THE WORLD! PERIOD!! EXCLAMATION POINT!!!
Maybe I just need to take up needlepoint...
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