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That was pretty tame talk for him, unless he is just trying to get some sympathy... Not trying to beat a dead horse but here is my spiel after reading his books and hearing him speak a few times:
The man knows how to catch fish. I'm sure if he was a bit more mobile, he could do it alot today. He also knew how to catch alot when conditions were different back a few decades ago.
I think about what I have learned from #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^& (and some SERIOUSLY damned good fishermen that don't come here), FW, Saltheart and others I've fished with and what I've learned from you folks here and at other sites and wonder how that would all come into play if we all got teleported back to the glory days. Some things that work today might be different back then. Some things from back then might don't always work as well today. The are changes. Even if you stand in the same spot on that river, the river is always changing. Things Change. You need to be able to change with it.
When I read his books and reports and this and that, I don't see much acceptance of change, I see alot of "back then". I enjoy reading about "back then" but I try not to confuse it with today. When he speaks, if you want to listen, listen carefully. But YOU need to be the judge of whether it is relevant today or not.
Other than the fact that I'm a pinko commi slob from North Korea (at least I'm from Easter Mass), he really hasn't done too much to get me tweaked (although some of his comments would be censored for, uh, vocabulary if posted here) like he has some others.
Damn, gotta catch a train - will continue when I get home...
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