Craig, this is your lamest "So Long ROFB" I've seen you post yet.

I'll tell you something, when it comes to posting here you have two
kinds of posts:

!) Here's some really excellent advice on how anyone can be a better
fisherman

or

2) My life is so complicated I can't fish and so I'm leaving ROFB.

Dude, get a grip: do you want to fish pro?, stop talking and get going.
You have the "smarts" I read it in your posts. Do you have the ability?
I think so, I don't think you could know as much as you do without
having caught a LOT of fish.

If your daughters are really as smart as you write -- and can get into
some New England school, the worst thing you can do as a parent is pay
their way. Make them figure out how to do it. Teach them to be masters
of their own fate, not a slave to someone else' checkbook.

I write this as a fan of your advice --- quit whining and start winning.
Your example is teaching them more about life than your money ever will.

Same advice goes for anyone else. LIFE IS ABOUT CHOICES. We all have
the same 24 hours each day, what we chose to do with them is a choice.


We'll see you the next time you join back in - hopefully with a report
of a tourney or two you've won......and what the rest of us can do to
fish better.







In wP4zc.42918$HG.34366@attbi_s53 Craig wrote:
It is just getting worse. You can count on one hand the number of
times I have had the opportunity to fish since the season opener, and
to top it off, I broke my 7' spinning rod by leaning on it in the car.
It's guaranteed for life, so its no big deal, but it is representative
of how things are going as far as fishing.

Life in general is great!!! I'm just too busy to fish right now,
which is a good thing financially, and a bad thing for the old psyche.
Being on the water has such a calming effect on me. Well, next
weekend I will be next to the water as I will be in the local
Strawberry Parade -- showing off some of the dealership's new custom
vehicles (Grand Prix Pace Car, Tricked out GTO, and a Custom Denali
Pickup painted to match the bass boat it will be pulling). So while
my friends will be on the water fishing, I will be on the shore
hopefully selling a few of those custom rigs to the next generation of
bass anglers. Southern Comfort does a great job at customizing our
rigs!

I've also decided my dream of going pro is just about over, well, at
least until both of my girls are out of college (8-years from now).
They both have 4.0 GPAs, and both want to go to the better New England
Schools. So at $58K+ a year, money and making a lot of it, is far
more important for their future. Let them live their dreams first,
and then I can live my later (hopefully!). Well if you don't see me
posting, at least you will know why. Well back to the grind stone
working on presentation materials.

GOOD LUCK TO ALL OF YOU!!! HOPE YOUR FISHING DREAMS COME TRUE,
ESPECIALLY YOURS WARREN!!! I will look to see you at the B.A.S.S.
CLASSIC!