nathanielrthomas said:
Deliver food and water to hurricane victims and pick body parts out of rubbish in Haiti while providing medical support to those who are still alive.....Then come tell me about charity work. I was serving soup to the homeless in memphis last month if you want something more stateside.. Im a Navy Corpsman, its my job. I dont get to see the ball rolling like some aspiring boat builder from GA, but feel free to make your observations. Theres no need to get personal brother... And I do like to bass fish when Im in the states.
On a good note, my Christmas leave starts today. Spend some precious time with the family. Ill be in Afghanistan next Christmas. 12 month tours are a bummer.
There needs to be a font that dictates good natured ribbing. Was hoping the little yella faces might indicate such. No foul intentions.
The way I see it, though, if someone has the means to spend a million on a piece of fishing tackle, by all means, go ahead. Just because they are spending that on tackle doesn't mean they aren't donating time and money to worthwhile charities, and even if it did mean they aren't, they worked for it, so it makes no matter what they do with it. I'm sure I could catch the exact same fish with less expensive rods and reels, but I personally like to use mid range rods and reels (St. Croix Avid, Daiwa Viento and Abu Revo reels). I'm sure that would be considered unnecessary spending to some, but I'm in a position to afford it without sacrificing more important things, so I buy such. I think the same idea would apply to any item, with any buyer.
Just my 2 cents worth.
BTW, thank you for your service. My hat goes off to ALL of our servicemen and women. :USA1: :USA1:
Back on topic, your post reminded me of a bait I lost in the river this summer. Lucky Craft Pointer that I picked up NIB for cheap years ago, and used and abused it for years, before retiring it, as it was beaten up, and wouldn't run true, missing part of the bill, etc. This spring, I pulled it back out to use in the river, as the river is heck on hardbaits with trebles. I caught more stripers on that thing than I have anything else. Finally broke it off once, and have been annoyed ever since, as nothing else has been quite like
that one. Maybe I need to cut part of the bill off of one, and whack it with a hammer a couple times to see if I can mimic the other one.
BTW, Thank you for your support.
