A lesson with Lefty

On Wed, 18 Jan 2006 11:32:25 -0800, "Tom Nakashima"
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On Wed, 18 Jan 2006 07:07:47 -0800, "Tom Nakashima"
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SNIP

Glad you had a good time. Did ya feel all stimulated, targeted, and
ready, willing, and able to buy? G

Not at all did I feel stimulated, targeted or willing to buy, I already know
the intention of the vendors at these shows, I don't even eat there. I just
went to see the "Man".
-tom

Hmmm...a touchy subject, but I wish people wouldn't consider guys like
Lefty Kreh the "Man." Not because of him or anything about him - he's a
decent enough guy with a great deal of fishing and casting experience,
but casting and fishing aren't such to produce "superstars," albeit the
fans can certainly do so. And to their detriment, IMO.

Reaching the top tier of many sports is objectively and simply out of
the range of all but a relatively few people. They simply aren't
physically equipped, and cannot become physically equipped, by means
fair or foul, to reach it, regardless of choices they might make. But
skills and "tricks" such as practiced upon, developed, and learned by
Kreh are well within the reach of most people, should they make the
choice to practice and develop them. Becoming an excellent, even "top
tier" caster is well within the physical reach of a good many people,
and becoming a good fisher all the more so.

TC,
R