Re: Howdy Y'all

"Howdy Y'all"? People in Michigan don't talk like that!

I'd like to know how YOU're doing Craig, I hope you had a good fishin year!

I had a great year & learned alot. I had some experiences that toughened me
up & will surely pay off in the future. They were mostly bad experiences,
but I plan on turning them into positives.

1) I led the State Team Federation tourney on the Potomac after Day 1, then
on Day 2 my rider from Day 1 became a boater & fished my water before I did.
He won the tournament. Lesson learned? The difference between pros &
amateurs. The first thing they tell co-anglers at any pro tourney are told
is not to even tell thier pro partners where they fished the day before.

2) I made a key rookie mistake not once but TWICE on Day 3 of the Everstart
tourney at Champlain. I caught big smallies & in the process of fighting
the fish I loosened my drag. Twice I forgot to re-tighten it & twice my
next hookset resulted in drag slippage that inevitably resulted in lost 4
pound+ bass. Of course both bass were nice enough to jump before coming
unbuttuned.

3) I made a full-out effort to learn crankbaiting in 05, and actually did
well in several tournaments using them. In 06 I plan to revisit the
spinnerbait & finally get comfortable throwing a jig-n-pig.

4) Most importantly I finally "got it done" in a high-level tournament. I'd
been told for a few years that I could do it, but always stumbled a bit.
The Champlain finish was huge for me because I topped every gig-name pro in
the field. Now I can confortably feel on par with guys like LeFebre,
Wendlant, Gluszek, Vida, Clapper etc. Not that I'm a better fisherman than
any of them, they get about 10x more on-water time than I do, but I know
that my passion for the sport & off-water research can compensate for some
of that on-water difficiency. I can compete with them on a given day.

There's lots more, but I don't want to bore ya.

Happy & Healthy New Year to You & Yours Craiger!

Warren
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"GL3Loomis" <GL3Loomis@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hey folks,
>
> It has been awhile. I see most of the old gang is still here, but can
> anyone fill me in on what up. I hope old Bob Rickard is doing ok, as Moe
> Conway.
>
> So please fill me in, what's happening to you and yours, and the gang?
>
> --
> Craig Baugher
>
>


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