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01-19-2009, 11:56 AM
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Surfcasters - Who are they most like?
If you had to pick out a group of hobbyists - they don't have to be sportsmen - who would you say are most like surfcasters?
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01-19-2009, 12:56 PM
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Seldom Seen
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Surfers... They have an intricate network of trusted friends to find out where the conditions have been best. Often takes a roadtrip to get to do their thing. They go out in some crazy weather, at peril to life and limb. They share a love of the ocean and a camraderie with their kind. While they may congregate at one location, it is still an individual endeavor.
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“Americans have the right and advantage of being armed, unlike the people of other countries, whose leaders are afraid to trust them with arms.” – James Madison.
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01-19-2009, 02:58 PM
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high school drama queens... or the group of old ladies at church that gossip about everyone..  |
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01-20-2009, 11:58 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Nebe
high school drama queens... or the group of old ladies at church that gossip about everyone.. |
Funny, 1st thing that popped into my head were a bunch of bingo Ladies
they get there early to pick thier "Spot" and if they get there and someone else is sitting there they get all pissy because after all in that very Public bingo hall....that's their spot.
They get suspicious if somebody is constantly going "large" and think there must be something more to it.
And they hang around the Bingo Forums fighting about tyhe stupidest things too pass the time until the next Bing season starts.
http://onlinebingoforum.co.uk/ |
"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
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01-19-2009, 07:02 PM
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Geezer Gone Wild
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Quote:
Originally Posted by nightfighter
Surfers... They have an intricate network of trusted friends to find out where the conditions have been best. Often takes a roadtrip to get to do their thing. They go out in some crazy weather, at peril to life and limb. They share a love of the ocean and a camraderie with their kind. While they may congregate at one location, it is still an individual endeavor.
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I have to agree with Rosco - I still surf, 44 years this coming summer if I'm still ambulatory by then.
Same kind of dedication from the faithful - and the discomfort level and work ethic is pretty muh the same too if you want to succeed at it. Lots of parallels from my point of view - still enjoy both equally, it's my Zen according to my bride.
Thank God she's a tolerant woman - of course, I also got her involved in both so it helps and she enjoys it as much as I do even though she may not always be as...uhhh... avid a devotee as I am.
Obsessive, I think she calls it, if memory serves...
Last edited by Crafty Angler; 01-20-2009 at 08:11 AM..
Reason: Lousy arithmetic
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"There is no royal road to this heavy surf-fishing. With all the appliances for comfort experience can suggest, there is a certain amount of hard work to be done and exposure to be bourne as a part of the price of success." From "Striped Bass," Scribner's Magazine, 1881.
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01-19-2009, 07:10 PM
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Good thread...
-spence
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01-19-2009, 07:25 PM
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People like interesting things.
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01-19-2009, 08:30 PM
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Im thinking of mountain climbers.
Technical gear is similar. Tread on approach shoes hotly debated and crampons are a form of korker. You have a climbing belt with attachments like carabiners and braid ropes 1000 pound test. Headlamps for starting before sunrise. Swinging an ice ax is like the motion of a cast. Climbing poles like wading staffs
Clothing is technical layering and climbing pants and fabrics are kind of like waders,
Traction needed on rocks, weather conditions come into play. Climbing over boulders and a Jetty like traversing a rock face. Getting to the summit give similar thrills. Planning involves looking at structure and how to approach it.
Main difference is you can't have any body fat and you get all the women you want.
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01-19-2009, 09:49 PM
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Birders. They quietly tell their inner circle where the birds are, get pissed off if some googan with cheap equipment gets too close to the "target", and spend a lot of money on gear! At least that's been my experience with them on the Island! Not that I feel left out or anything. |
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01-19-2009, 10:28 PM
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how about compulsive gamblers..
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01-19-2009, 10:33 PM
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Lots of OCD people and people with substance abuse issues and people who are prone to depression. But that can be said about society in general also.
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01-20-2009, 04:34 AM
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Geezer Gone Wild
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I don't know, Joe - you may be right -
I know when I've got a little extra folding money squirreled away the first thing I want to do is belly up to the counter for a rip-roaring tackle bender -
'Hey, just give me one more plug and I'll leave, I promise...gimme a dozen eels for the road too..."...
If you think I'm kidding, ya gotta see Uncle Crafty's Tackle Shack...  |
"There is no royal road to this heavy surf-fishing. With all the appliances for comfort experience can suggest, there is a certain amount of hard work to be done and exposure to be bourne as a part of the price of success." From "Striped Bass," Scribner's Magazine, 1881.
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01-20-2009, 09:59 AM
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I have some serious tackle junkies that are customers - I never ask why somebody wants something, but I wonder it.
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