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BD, at this point I've finally realized that your most important piece of equipment in landing large fish is between your ears.
Tackle failure happens, even to the most diligent. I've always believed that luck is for the ill-prepared but while it doesn't hurt, eventually luck alone will desert you at the worst time. While I say I'd rather be lucky than good, the guys I've fished with who are the most successful - beyond what they've acquired over years of time in the surf - are fully focused and relaxed - in other words, they put themselves in the zone.
How you get there is up to you. Like Cool Hand Luke, you gotta get your mind right after you've got the mechanical nuances down.
Besides, if you were banging big fish without fail every time you went out I think some of the magic would go out of it for me. It's the uncertainty that makes it what it is - if it was a guarantee every time, it would just end up being like having another job for me, personally.
Nothing truly worth having comes easy.
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