"alwaysfishking" wrote in message
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Funny about that Chris. I had all sorts of rods reels etc and don't even
get
me started on tackle. But I learned an important lesson down in Fla this
year. I was fishing with Moe Conway on day two. He had one rod on deck and
I
think a bag of worms. Needless to say adding my 2 fish(with70 pounds of
tackle and 5 rods) to Moe's 5 fish gave us 1st place team for day two.

I believe it was Warren who once said to that if you show up to a tourny
that he's in and he only has 1 rod on the deck to watch out cause he's
bringing in a bag. Maybe it's confidence, maybe it's knowing the lake, but
either way, I've scaled down big time. I've learned so much watching and
fishing with the members on this NG, from watching Joe H fish a trick worm
so painstakingly slow, to watching Charles fish a spinnerbait. Steve H
fishing a fluke and Warren just casting to every single place that looks
like it wouldn't hold a fish, methodically picking a part a lake. This
group
is awesome. So outside of a great trip, and a little competition, the
learning experience is what does it for me. Getting a chance to fish with
old friends and new friends is what makes it all worth it. I know I sort
of
brought this OT from the post but hey I couldn't resist. Go to a ROFB
classic it's well worth the trip


Great observations IMO. Though I do still carry a few rods, I always have
five with me: 3 baitcasters and 2 spinning rigs. One each is purely a
backup, which leaves me with 2 baticasters and one spinning setup on deck.
Spinner is for everything too light for a B/C, and I usually have a
different bait tied on the two baitcasters since I can say I am similar to
Mike Iaconelli in that if the fish hits at one thing, maybe once, maybe
twice, but doesn't take it then I throw something else right in there on top
of that bait and I don't have time to change in between so I have to keep
that second bait rigged up with that second *easier hooking* bait at all
times.

But that's just me, and I just do this stuff for fun, not for the
trounament/competition aspect.