03-05-2008, 07:29 PM
[cool][#0000ff]You cannot officially claim to be a tuber until you have undergone the ritual of first launching. Even with someone coaching you, it seems that newbie tubers have to find out for themselves that there are things you must do...or not do...and that it is not easy to walk while wearing fins and maneuvering a loaded down craft.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I have helped "initiate" quite a few new recruits to the world of floatation fishing over the years. I can't tell you how many times I have wished that I would have been able to video the ordeal. Then again, I have probably lived as long as I have because I have not had footage or pictures of these events to show other people.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]But, that is all part of the treasure chest of memories we build up...of both the successes and the flops. As long as we don't lose the ability to laugh at ourselves we can enjoy them. It is when we take ourselves and our sport too seriously that we quit having fun.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I have helped "initiate" quite a few new recruits to the world of floatation fishing over the years. I can't tell you how many times I have wished that I would have been able to video the ordeal. Then again, I have probably lived as long as I have because I have not had footage or pictures of these events to show other people.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]But, that is all part of the treasure chest of memories we build up...of both the successes and the flops. As long as we don't lose the ability to laugh at ourselves we can enjoy them. It is when we take ourselves and our sport too seriously that we quit having fun.[/#0000ff]
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