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there is an element of truth to every reply here ...some of us long for the old days..and as has been stated ...gone forever... some live in the new days ( social media) for some of us...never gonna happen....in-between are others ( with some of the above mixed in)that found, and enjoy friendships.. and perspectives brought by other anglers wrought from web sites like this one.. that..IMHO is still the most professional... well run site on the net...it's one of the very few I still bother logging on to...
When I started striper fishing in 1972 I had a home made 14' plywood boat that my father and I made.. it was powered by a 15HP '50's vintage Evinrude.. each summer I literally LIVED in that leaky old scow.... I trapped eels and tommy cods ..dug worms and clams and caught and sold schoolies ... I watched every move the "old timers" made.. as I ogled their catches, as tight lipped as they were.. they noticed the tenacity that I used to approach fishing... and when they figured I had struggled enough.. they'd give me just enough information to boost my determination.. there were many, many hard lessons.... all I ever wanted was to win their admiration and be like them...they are all gone now.. .. it is my turn to pass the torch...every season, I make it a point to take some one different fishing...it's the only way I know to repay them
I also do at least one seminar ( which I do not charge for)we can't take what we have learned with us... there's no luggage racks on a hearse...
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