Lincoln Beach Flotilla Report 7-9-05

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[cool][#0000ff]Hey Frank, we were glad you were able to make the flotilla. We enjoyed your company. You are a good sport and you proved that you can laugh at yourself. We were laughing WITH YOU, not AT you. We all have our own stories about some of our first times on the water in a floatation craft...tube or toon...and many of us had worse experiences than you did.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]The good thing for you was that you fell in with a group that believes in sharing and helping others who want to learn or improve fishing skills. All of us are still learning too. It is just that we are farther ahead of you on the learning curve. And, all of us can remember many situations in which someone else was there to help us along the way.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]You hang in there Frankie. Your determination will help you to work through the prerequisite mistakes and fumbles we have to get through on the way to higher skill levels. Keep an open mind and a sense of humor and the journey will be its own reward.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Most importantly, pass it on. Before long, you will have accumulated enough experience and success that you will be able to "download" to some other newbie who will look up to you as the "expert". That is the capper on gaining new knowledge and skillsl, to be able to share with others and see the looks of appreciation on their faces. In fishing, payback is great.[/#0000ff]
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