There are a lot of different types of fisherman out there. About as many as there are for car racing. You have your NASCAR, off road, rally car, dirt track, drag, and of course there is Monte Carlo! The same goes for motorcycles. In fishing you have your casting, bass-pro circuit, trolling, big game, and of course your fly fishing. I started with a stick and string as a kid. I’ll never forget my first Zebco factory made kit mounted on the colorful cardboard wrapped in clear plastic. My grandmother gave me a new $20 bill form my 9^th birthday. It burned a hole in my pocket until my dad came home from his week-long sales trip. Then it was down to the sporting goods store/gas station. He almost ruined the whole venture with , “if we wait until fall we can save three bucks!” The point was I wanted to go fishing with my dad, with the new rod. He didn’t and never would get it. Well, fifty years later I have progressed through all the variations and now find myself back with a stick and string.

The roots of the real problem is society and not the fisherman. I calculated it. I have worked  for 45 yrs x 2 weeks-vacation/yr, x 45 yrs= 90 weeks. That is less than 2 yrs. to do what I want to do-IN MY LIFETIME. That does not calculate how much of that gets eaten up by car problems or sick kids, etc. Did you hear the recent story about the women who got fired for taking 3 weeks off to donate kidney to her dying son. Do we really need to increase productivity in a world so we can fill more Dollar-stores  to the top with crap!!! So, when I am finally able to save enough up go to Baja, I want to catch fish. For the guides, people don’t come back if they don’t catch fish. Our increasing everyday pressures, created by greedy CEOs, have caused us to drag these out-of-whack values into our sports.