08-25-2003, 05:56 PM
[cool]Hey, PK, always happy to chip in where I can. Sounds like a good trip.
I do not assign reading and homework. Everything is now on-the-water research and lab work. Learn by doing...but always be a student and never think you know it all. I learned a long time ago that just about the time I started to get cocky and think I had it all worked out, that the fishies would find some way to remind me that I did not. I get humbled on a regular basis.
As I like to put it, I don't know all the answers, but I sure as heck know a lot of questions.
Something I heard a long time ago makes sense to me. That is that the most important thing you can learn about anything new is not so much the exact formula for every subtle aspect...but HOW TO "THINK" IT. Fishing is a lot like computers. It is almost impossible to know everything there is to know about the subject. But, once you learn the basics and the way things work, you can usually work your way through most situations.
So, keep on inputting data and don't crash your hard drive. No tests at the end of the course...because the course never ends. And, like many other things in life, the journey is its own reward.
Now, if that ain't profound enough for ya, you're on your own. Time to go fishing.
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I do not assign reading and homework. Everything is now on-the-water research and lab work. Learn by doing...but always be a student and never think you know it all. I learned a long time ago that just about the time I started to get cocky and think I had it all worked out, that the fishies would find some way to remind me that I did not. I get humbled on a regular basis.
As I like to put it, I don't know all the answers, but I sure as heck know a lot of questions.
Something I heard a long time ago makes sense to me. That is that the most important thing you can learn about anything new is not so much the exact formula for every subtle aspect...but HOW TO "THINK" IT. Fishing is a lot like computers. It is almost impossible to know everything there is to know about the subject. But, once you learn the basics and the way things work, you can usually work your way through most situations.
So, keep on inputting data and don't crash your hard drive. No tests at the end of the course...because the course never ends. And, like many other things in life, the journey is its own reward.
Now, if that ain't profound enough for ya, you're on your own. Time to go fishing.
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