Ok, My 0.02 cents...
Was this a ground breaking article? No, did I learn about skiishing for the first time? Nope, did I learn that yellow darters at Montauk for the first time; nope... This article was a decent read, on an area I havent yet fished. It described the area, fishing, tackle and style (mugging
) of the locals...
Was it contradictory? Maybe but then again look at buggies in C-town and you will generally see bucktails during the day and plugs at night...
The bigger issue is that fact the RIJ made an observation that he didnt really think it was that great of an article, whats the big deal in that? J___ C____ Spence ripped every writer besides Manzi and Lyons yesterday saying he learned nothing from anyone else; besides Flap getting a bit deservably pissed, noone cared (it was spence after all)
I wrote an article recently for OTW, all I got was some praise.. I would have LOVED some criticism and feed back to learn and improve for any future articles that I may want to write. I dont know him, but hopefully Zeno feels the same way... I mean in acadamia you send work out for review and people purposely shred it, and this is done to IMPROVE the work... why should fishing mags be different... You cant please all the people all the time
Zeno, highly decent article, I enjoyed your popper at night article more than this one, but this one was a good look at Montauk...
I havent read the T-Tog article yet but that may be worth a look, maybe I'll learn something there
Bryan