A long time back i was fishin the canal. mid 60's or so. Was using a bunch of old beat up lures. creek chubs an the like.Landed a couple small stripers but lost a good one as the hook broke. There was a guy watching me an came down over the rocks. hey there kid you need to give these a try an gave me some nice plugs he made. told me how to fish them an said use some Ande 25 lb on that reel an i'd get some nice fish. i did one over 20 lb.
A few yrs later I was delivering papers up here in Maine an was at the Edgewater motel in OOB. Met a guy with an old blue van. He asked me if I was a fisherman. i said I fished for stiped bass.Told him I used sea worms as I couldn't afford lures. He gave me a bunch with a note to my mom for me to tell him what I caught and when an where I was fishing.Did that for yrs an he gave me plugs for yrs. Bob an I became fast friends.He taught me loads. One thing was that what I learned was what I learned meant to be shared.
As time has passed an I've learned more n more I share what I can.Now that I'm making rods,flies an custom lures I find myself giving more n more to the kids that want to be like us old timers as was shared with me from guys like Bob Pond,Stan Gibbs,Frank
Sabatouski,Pete Kerniki,Pete Mathews,and so many more .Spot burning was never an issue as all spots were for everyone.It was about passing on the knowledge so that those behind us could pass it on. when I made a mistake I was taught how to not repeat it.Then I was shown how to do better an think outside the box an not think too much of myself.
We teach the future fisherman by our actions an what we pass on .That's what it's all about. I've been lucky to have been in the good times an got some nice fish.But the future is what we pass on not what we forget what we learned an how.It's about the future an what we teach.The spots may be crowded but within that crowd is our future an maybe our legacy.What Bob an Stan taught me is my job to pass on.What we all have learned is all of ours to pass on. Let's not forget this. Tight lines my freinds an lets try to make our future one we'll all Enjoy. Even those who cast over our shoulders and
need to learn the right way to do as we learned way back when.
Tight lines my freinds Ron
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