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Location: Elgin, Illinois | Gee,
You may have missed a couple of names... Don Marx finished 9th at Red Wing this year on the Tour... and Lamar Van Dame is the Pro-Staf Coordinator for G3 Boats.... The names you listed are all very good fishermen... ANd, there are a lot of League guys who are very good fishermen who didn't have a couple of good days but could have...
I for one consider it a positive testament to the quality of the FLW League Series that you see this level of participation. The competition is "among" the anglers... But, you are fishing "against" the fish... If you outsmart the fish you do well "among" your fellow anglers and yourself. You don't outsmart the fish and all you can do is hope that your matching, shirt, boat and truck "look good"...
I want to point out a "something important"... The fellow I mentioned above, Don Marx, has no big name sponsors... he fishes out of nice 17' Alumacraft tiller boat with a 70hp. He is sitting in third place on the morning of day 3 because he can and does outsmart the fish. He's not a "big name" (yet, but he probably will be), but if I were fishing any tournament he is in... I'd be hoping to do as well or better than him if I wanted to stand up their and get a check.
There are no "by weekends" in life, and after T-ball, we do "keep score" in competitions... Fishing tournaments is all about "competition"... And, a better field of competitors should not be a bad thing, it should be an incentive to get out there and compete... be the best you can be... |
