I have always found it amazing that so many who have no experience with a thing have become an authority on that same object.
Two years ago I was told by a wizened old fella in his late 20's or early 30's that I could not catch big trout on my bamboo fly rods because they would tear up the rod. I asked him what he thought was used before the advent of fiberglass or graphite or what he thought of Ted Williams catching tarpon on bamboo rods. He gave me no answer and walked away. I had another equally experienced fella of greater age, probably in his early 40's, tell me that in these times you couldn't kill a deer with a longbow or recurve because you couldn't get close enough and they were too slow, deer would jump the string every time.
Can anyone tell me where these kinds of people are cultivated? Surely they were not born and had any kind of life experience.
Last edited by sharps4590; 09/27/13 06:12 PM.
