Things you Learned as a Novice?

[DaBigOno]

I learned that I don't know jack! 

Always room to learn.

[Dynamo]

All good ones!

[Dr. Jekyll - AKA MeL B]

Always room to learn.

agree 101%...to achieve perfection is wishfull thinking

[Dynamo]

Always room to learn.

agree 101%...to achieve perfection is wishfull thinking

Definately, anyone who thinks he has reached perfection is disillusional. Humanity is anything but perfect....

[Mandelstam]

This is the three most important lessons I learned as a kid starting to fish.

1. Patience
2. Patience
3. You won't catch fish every time you go fish.

[Robert Janssen]

1) Manually searching fishing reels in the patent archives. History is important.
1a) Things in reels touted as NEW! usually aren't.

2) Things repeated a gazillion times on the internet doesn't neccessarily mean they were true to begin
     with, and being repeated a gazillion times more doesn't make them so

3) How to make a fishing reel from scratch

4) The search for a better drag material doesn't seem to lead anywhere, but educational nonetheless.

5) Making gears

6) Still a novice

7) Still learning

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[Makule]

Sometimes the bait is better eating than the fish caught with it.

[Dynamo]

Sometimes the bait is better eating than the fish caught with it.

Wise words, sometimes its worth the fight. Usually not, however. At least with me.

[Bunnlevel Sharker]

Sometimes the bait is better eating than the fish caught with it.

Very true, i cut the cheeks out of the frsh grouper heads if i see them get cut off.

[MFB]

My Dad used to say me when I was a kid (many times). "You won't catch anything if your line is not in the water". Also I know now that fishing with kids requires the patience of a saint....

Rgds

Mark 

[Dr. Jekyll - AKA MeL B]

mrbrooklyn,   

[VW]

I came to saltwater fishing somewhat late in life after many years of midwest freshwater fishing.  This one was important to me.

Experiences teaches us; but not necessarily in this order:

6. Most fish have teeth; Some fish have lots of teeth

Humbly, Dominick

[franky]

I came to saltwater fishing somewhat late in life after many years of midwest freshwater fishing.  This one was important to me.

Experiences teaches us; but not necessarily in this order:

6. Most fish have teeth; Some fish have lots of teeth

Humbly, Dominick

And some of them have spines and needles by their fins....ouch!