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To respond to a fishing invitation when you say you will.
1 - Basic good manners. The person issuing the request took the time to think of you. 2- The person who invited will not sit arround the night before waiting for the promised response. 3- Someone else could have been invited 4- The invitor would not have to spend and entire day fishing w/o a partner 5- The invitee would not have missed the two five pounders, two four pounders and numerous 3s that were taken. Especially missing a great spot on his home lake (which will now never be shared). And lastly 6- It's just plain rude to say you'll call someone, ignore the call date and never respond at all. ! Can you tell I'm aggravated ? Josh The Bad Bear |
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You should be aggravated Josh, for all the reasons you mentioned plus a few
more. "Joshuall" wrote in message ... To respond to a fishing invitation when you say you will. 1 - Basic good manners. The person issuing the request took the time to think of you. 2- The person who invited will not sit arround the night before waiting for the promised response. 3- Someone else could have been invited 4- The invitor would not have to spend and entire day fishing w/o a partner 5- The invitee would not have missed the two five pounders, two four pounders and numerous 3s that were taken. Especially missing a great spot on his home lake (which will now never be shared). And lastly 6- It's just plain rude to say you'll call someone, ignore the call date and never respond at all. ! Can you tell I'm aggravated ? Josh The Bad Bear |
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I've had that happen a time or two. Usually it doesn't bother me too much,
since I enjoy my own company when fishing. However, one time I really got irritated. It was when I lived in Memphis back in the '90's. I invited a guy to go fishing with me at Enid Reservoir in Mississippi.... I got up extra early and made sandwiches, packed some extra snacks and drinks, rigged up a spare spinning outfit for my guest to use.... Drove 1-1/2 hour to the lake, getting to the campground parking lot near the dam about 15 minutes early. This was long before anyone I knew had a mobile phone, so I just waited at the parking lot for 45 minutes (fretting as I sat through the pre-dawn bite and watching one rig after another roll past me down to the ramp). I finally pulled down, dropped the boat in the water, parked, and then trolled around fishing near the ramp for another half hour in case my buddy showed up. Finally, at 7:30 or 8 AM I headed on up the lake and fished until 10. As I'd feared, the early bite was done, and I ended up catching maybe three dinks before I had to leave. I drove back home, called the guy to berate him and located him at the shop where he worked. At some point in my harangue he suggested I look at my calendar, and I discovered that I had circled the following weekend. That was kind of awkward. Fortunately, the fishing the following weekend was a lot better. Joe -- Secret Weapon Lures Tackle systems engineered for innovative anglers --------------------------------------------------------:~ 0"))) Subscribe to our mail list for intel briefings and chances to win free tackle every month at http://secretweaponlures.com Better designs = better performance = better results "Joshuall" wrote in message ... To respond to a fishing invitation when you say you will. snip Can you tell I'm aggravated ? Josh The Bad Bear |
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