From: plheron@eos.ncsu.edu (Pat L. Heron)
Subject: Re: Fishing Seminars
Organization: North Carolina State University
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 17:47:21 GMT

In article <27JAN199308020878@b56vxg.kodak.com>, pisarevsky@b56vxg.kodak.com (Arkady Pisarevsky) writes:
|> In article <1993Jan26.143630.5922@ncsu.edu>, plheron@eos.ncsu.edu (Pat L. Heron) writes...
|> >In article <1993Jan25.144415.29447@ncrcae.ColumbiaSC.NCR.COM>, kevin@turbo.Columbia.NCR.COM (Kevin Ormerod) writes:
|> > 
|> >|>I attended a fishing seminar last weekend 
|> >Were you in Greensboro too?  I thought David Fritz was great, 
|> 
|>     You guys mst be talking about Bass Fishing Techniques, right ? 
|>     If that's the case, could you comment on it some more, please.
|>     I got a mailing on it and am considering attending. 

I have not come to a final decision regarding the seminar yet, 
it cost me $69 to regester plus $21 for the gas to drive from 
Raleigh to Greensboro twice.  For $91 I can have a new (and 
needed) reel to replace the 521-XLT junk I have on my pitching stick.

On the deficit side: 
 I guess I expected more discussion regarding tactics, and 
 less discussion about techniques. I feel that, once I get on 
 some active fish, catching them is not too difficult. 
 I would have liked to hear more about how to find fish 
 (i.e. tournament pre-fishing strategies). I guess I should have paid 
 more attention to the title of the seminar.  

 I suppose that people of all backgrounds were there, but it was more 
 than a little boring listening about how to rig a carolina-rig, 
 a texas-rig, to put the pork-fat-side down on a pig'n'jig and to 
 slide 1-inch of plastic worm over the hook shank, spinnerbait 
 blade selection etc. etc. etc. 

 The top pro's (Brauer and VanDam) were a bit more closed mouthed than 
 the local or less famous guys (David Fritz,Joe Thomas, Stacey King etc.) 

|> >Denny Brauer was really a butt-head,
|> 
|>     I'd be curious to know some reasons for this harsh judgement.

Mr. brauer talked for 100-minutes.  The first hour or so all he said was
that we should buy his Denny Brauer signature Daiwa flipping/pitching
rod, that we should buy and use the rattle-back jig that he designed for
some other company, that we should get Daiwa model xyz reels for all 
of our rods, that we should use this or that type of DuPont line 
(one of his sponsors).  The rest of the time he told humerous 
anecdotes and showed us how to pitch and flip (I wonder why he 
didn't show us how to cast or chew gum?).  Late in the second hour 
someone figured out that he wasn't there to talk about how to fish so 
that person asked brauer, "can you say something about how you pattern 
bass or pre-fish?", brauer replied, "you just have to figure some 
things out yourself."

He was a speaker in a seminar, I paid money to have him tell me something
about fishing, but he wouldn't divulge any information about fishing.
Is he that insecure about his standing?  I'm sure that if he took off 
his cap and parted his hair, there would be a huge crack running laterally 
down his skull, hence the name.

on the asset side:
 The other guys were more forthright.  I had the feeling that Joe Thomas,
 and David Fritz were actually trying to help us learn something.  
 I felt that they would honestly answer any question.  

 Kevin VanDam talked about his tournament pre-fishing strategy, 
 David Fritz told us something about the seasonal patterns he uses 
 which are based upon where the winning tournament fish came from 
 duing 10,000 tournaments.  Joe Thomas talked about finesse fishing 
 which was interesting.  Stacey King talked about using heavy weights 
 on plastic worms to penetrate cover (something I've never done).

summary;
I gained alot of respect for these pro's.  They are resourceful,
intelligent, inventive, and hard working.  Nature's perfect bass 
catching machines.  They have inspired me to try tournament fishing 
again and see how far I can go...  I still need a good reel for my 
pitching stick...

After I win the classic will I be a butt head?...


			-Pat.




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