saltheart,
for me, it's like THIS! i LOVE to compete, at ANYTHING!!!
just part of me DNA i guess,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,both parents were successful
atheletes (Mom AAU swimmer, Dad semi-pro linebacker) and my whole family is like that.
it doan matter if it's
SCRABBLE, the alphabet game on a car trip across country, or
pick-a-number-between-1&10! if there's a prize or a title to be had, I'M IN!!
that being said, i've toned it DOWN quite a bit from my youth and am endeavoring to be
more humble in victory and most gracious in defeat.
with regard to our vaunted prey, while i realize that there are numbers of stripermen out there that HAVE landed multiple large and must laugh at us Hungries; how many of you remember what YOU were like BEFORE you crested that mountain?
i do believe that a certain degree of competitiveness is required of one to become a bona fide Sharpie and to "walk away" from rats, 15#-25#'ers, in order to hunt trophies. and i totally agree with you that ONE big fish does not a sharpie make. while many have said that they fish to relax,,,,,,,,,,,,,,i find it the MOST relaxing to fish AND compete. since i LOVE the added ADRENALIN!!!!
i am most focused on competing with others when that competition is framed by the confines of a tournament. my biggest competitor is ME vs Sir Stripey. for each time i enter a competition, while it is TRUE that we are competing against other entrants/teams; at the end of the day(s) of said tourney i measure yours truly against me, myself, and aye-aye! just sum thoughts, gents
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