03-30-2017, 04:14 PM
[#0000FF]Aptly stated...as usual.
I sometimes laugh at myself...by myself. That happens a lot as we age. But I am always working on trying to come up with purty new lure designs and colors...to "fool the fish". However, as the wisdom of age (or alzheimers) becomes more pronounced I realize that there are many things more important than mere size, shape and color of lures.
In my earliest fishing years one of my fave angler uncles used to tell me that it was most important to first find the fish. Second, don't scare them off by doing something stupid. Then try to make a presentation that at least remotely suggests something edible.
Over the years I have caught a lot of fish that I shouldn't oughtta have caught. They just plain committed suicide by hitting something I was using and were not outwitted by a dimwit angler at all. And on the flip side, I have outsmarted myself far too many times by overthinking a fishing situation and leaving the fish chortling at my foolishness.
It is always gratifying to put together a game plan, set up your gear, tie on the "magic" bait or lure and then have a large fish of the targeted species vote for your "pattern". The mistake is believing that you can duplicate that same success on your next trip...or any trip. The fish will humble you back to reality. LUCK is a big four letter word in fishing. But then again, so is FISH.
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I sometimes laugh at myself...by myself. That happens a lot as we age. But I am always working on trying to come up with purty new lure designs and colors...to "fool the fish". However, as the wisdom of age (or alzheimers) becomes more pronounced I realize that there are many things more important than mere size, shape and color of lures.
In my earliest fishing years one of my fave angler uncles used to tell me that it was most important to first find the fish. Second, don't scare them off by doing something stupid. Then try to make a presentation that at least remotely suggests something edible.
Over the years I have caught a lot of fish that I shouldn't oughtta have caught. They just plain committed suicide by hitting something I was using and were not outwitted by a dimwit angler at all. And on the flip side, I have outsmarted myself far too many times by overthinking a fishing situation and leaving the fish chortling at my foolishness.
It is always gratifying to put together a game plan, set up your gear, tie on the "magic" bait or lure and then have a large fish of the targeted species vote for your "pattern". The mistake is believing that you can duplicate that same success on your next trip...or any trip. The fish will humble you back to reality. LUCK is a big four letter word in fishing. But then again, so is FISH.
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