Laying it aside for good...

    Gentlemen,
    I am an all or nothing guy. Plain and simple. For the past years ,I have tried like hell to be a spearfisherman and I just can't . Not for lack of desire or ability, but for access. Oklahoma is a bitch of a place to dive period. Try to add spearing into the mix and it's quite the challenge between the archaic laws and unpredictable weather patterns and water clarity....well, shit on it. I give up. I was counting on a tour to GTMo to fire me up for the blue waters, it also fell thru. I see the Gods hands working and I fold.
    I have to confess that I'm not being beaten completely. Ever since I was little I've been a fly fisherman. From the age of 8 or so; I was dead sticking, czeck nymphing, and swinging streamers for everything.That's where my heart lies. It's so much like hunting I don't know where to draw the line.I also have contacts there that are starting to draw me into places I didn't see a beloved past time going. I gotta chase it, hermanos.I'm sending my gun off to well deserving guy...and ordered some new leader kits for my warm water fish. It's just evolution ,fellas.


    Not going anywhere cause I like you guys,
    Aaron

    Aaron, fly fishing it's a art onto it self as you know. I have plenty of gear for you to use if you get out my way.
    Just don't PM me on SB as I wear the wrong brand of gear, and my account there is suspended without notice. I can see no images and no one can PM me there.
    Please hang around here I like you too squid.:D


    Cheers, Don

    "Great mother ocean brought forth all life, it is my eternal home'' Don Berry from Blue Water Hunters.


    Spearfishing Store the freediving and spearfishing equipment specialists.

    Quote from Don Paul

    Aaron, fly fishing it's a art onto it self as you know. I have plenty of gear for you to use if you get out my way.
    Just don't PM me on SB as I wear the wrong brand of gear, and my account there is suspended without notice. I can see no images and no one can PM me there.
    Please hang around here I like you too squid.:D


    Cheers, Don


    Don, the art is what keeps me coming back. I can't draw or carve, but I'll be damned if I can't weave and imagine. And the finesse and timing of making a cast ....I cast in the yard to relax and unwind.



    Don, the tie that binds is that I am passionate. I have my dogs that without them hunting would be nothing,and without a long rod a river would seem empty. And without friends a fire would seem cold.


    Welcome to fire anytime.


    Aaron

    Quote from cww

    They are that quick to suspend people of SB?


    I don't know cww ? I thought I was very careful not to post Pursuit unless some one asked me straight out about what brand I prefer and dive with. I don't want to make a big deal of this on Aaron's thread.
    My friends can find me here any way.


    Cheers, Don

    "Great mother ocean brought forth all life, it is my eternal home'' Don Berry from Blue Water Hunters.


    Spearfishing Store the freediving and spearfishing equipment specialists.

    Good Luck on whatever you do.Just don't get rid of everything.spearfishing in your blood,
    Its more potent than any narcotic.you'll always be a spear-fisherman.
    :)Good luck to you.Papaa

    Aaron. You will always have friends here. Apparently there is gear for you to borrow on both coasts. Don't become a stranger.


    Also, when are we going to go fly fishing in Russia?


    There are some flats down here I'd love to put you on too. Anytime you can come out

    i like to spear fish

    @ Aaron, don't worry about it much bro. You'll always have friends here and the chance to spearfish will always be there. Enjoy life the best you can with what you have.You know you're always welcome.

    Guys, I appreciate it and all....and please understand this isn't a sour grapes thing or a 'poor me' thread. Certainly a realization that crawling thru muck and hunting by feel are not my brands of fun. Which I think any outdoor pursuit should be first and foremost fun. So it's a self-realization I had Sunday when once again I was out trying to shoot fish in deplorable conditions and thought "This kinda sucks." Problem is, that was pretty much a normal day.:frustrated1: So...is what it is.


    Just thought I'd share it with my friends.

    Understandable Aaron. Know that whether you dive or not you're at home here. You are a wealth of knowledge, have great literary skill of your own brand :) and have been a great support for me personally. Post your hunting reports instead if you want to share.

    Sorry to hear we're losing one from the sport, but glad your OK with your decision and continuing to do other things you love. Like the other guys said if you're ever in south Florida, I'm always looking for people to dive/drink/BS with. How far are you from OK city? I have a short(2-3 month) stay out there coming up within(hopefully) the next year.

    Hey Aaron, I guess you are a spearo to the bone. I am a bowhunter myself, I know it, but I have never had taken a thing with a bow :) . Still I love that stuff. I know where ´re you coming from. Nice seeing you around brother

    I'm a Speardiver, not a freediver

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