Armand - I might take a handfull of people to some great spots but they are people that I enjoy fishing with, typically know what they are doing or show great effort for and they are people that show me similar in their area - but I don't feel the need to talk about it...
What I've found as I continue to learn fishing (a lifetime education in my opinion) is that when I am fishing with like-minded individuals, we'll share knowledge and insight and become the better of it. Some of it will be historical, some of it might be technical, some theoretical. Similar to what I think this site often accomplishes (but in some threads comes up short
). This knowledge is spot independent and can be applied at many different locales. I think it's also essential to becoming a competent angler. It's not necessarily "where" one fishes that builds competency but how one applies lessons learned across a multitude of spots.
As this knowledge is gained and you prove and disprove some of your theorys and W.A.G.s you learn to select spots based on all kinds of factors like I think this wind against that current as it wraps this structure would be huge. Sure, other spot specific stuff goes in, something you see on the net, an article in one of the trade rags, a conversation with someone all filter down to what new spots you want to try and learn and be productive....
Ooops - gotta run...