My niece is a freshman this fall at Missouri State and we
went to Springfield to help her move in, schlepp her stuff,
get her computer set up, etc. When my sister took her shopping
Friday afternoon we took the opportunity to visit Bass Pro Shop.

IT'S HUGE ! And the aquariums are cool, especially the alligator
snapping turtle. It has acres of stuff for the serious bass
fisherman and it was worth the trip just for the gawking. The
fly fishing section was a joke. Bass Pro Shop seems to be under
the impression that fly fishing equals trout and only trout.
They didn't get the memo about fly fishing for bass and the
whole section looks like it was slapped together half-assed by
someone who didn't know what they were doing. I had to laugh out
loud at the power bait in the fly fishing section.

We suspect our niece picked Missouri State because a certain
young man goes to school there. He in turn doesn't deny that he
picked Missouri State for the nearby bass fishing and isn't the
least bit insulted when you call his alma mater Bass Fishing U.
Kids.

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Ken Fortenberry