[Slipknot]

Originally Posted by Back Beach

Now tell me fellow s-bers, how do you decide when to share with some one, how much to share and how valuable is the grape vine to your fishing exploits? When to share has a lot to do with who it is and where do they fish normally, if they have the right equipment, if they will just blab the info to others etc. Same with how much. The degree of how valuable the grapevine is, has to be compared to my past years successes and knowledge, the more experience at an area/the less I would need grapevine info. Unless the info is fresher than a fresh sandeel, then it may be too late and the fish may have moved on. If you are new to the sport, but serious, how will you go about getting the inside edge?It was tackle shops and reading books, magazines maybe a seminar or 2 when I started out, now-a-days newcomers get on the information highway and a few clicks later they have instant gratification and no need to have anyone take them by the hand, half the time they don't even have to ask if they do enough searching. But I am still learning and will never stop, so maybe that is why I am here too. Also, how do you know when someone is trying to trade you manure for oats?I don't so I just have to take their word for it, so if I get manure, then they get crossed off the list. Lets hear it on this deep, but seldom talked about subject.

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