I dont necessarily mind letting a kid know how to search for something on here but dont be a DB about it! Especially to a kid.... But at all is rediculous. Check the ego's and being MR Coolguy at the door and help if you want or don't. If not then STHU. Nobody wants to hear it. This aint HS and nobody cares how cool you think you are....

Carry on...

Glad somebody else sees things similarly to the way i do. Well done BBT. I joined TFF to try & learn from anglers who are willing to share their knowledge.

Great post B_B_T...you da man

Yup!
Agree good post

A really good post. If we don't help the young how to fish we will wake up in a couple of years and lose fishing. Once again a really good post.

Great Post BBT. Most of us don't get to fish everyday, every week, or even once a month. A little help from our friends on here goes a long way to our enjoyment the next time on the lake. We are not looking to rob someones honey hole, but just some good info on what the fish tend to be doing. But when you know you are going to get hammered for asking a question or telling someone you did good on a lake, it takes the fun out of this forum. I read the forum quite a bit, but you can tell by how much I post I am a little apprehensive about asking questions. Hope this post sinks in and helps the forum.

Good observation but I don't believe anyone is failing to realize anything. They just can't resist the urge to be smarta**es. Especially when the person (9 times out of 10 a complete stranger) isn't sitting right beside them to gut punch them when they smart off. Much easier to pull keystroke punches. Kind of like that kid in school that likes to run his mouth but then cries like a baby and runs away when you sock him one.

Thanks for bringing this out in the open. We don't do that enough around the forum.

Bravo!!
Glad to see this is being discussed.
People like myself, really enjoy reading HONEST answers an opinions from
fellow anglers.
Keep up the good work guys, y'all help more people than you realize, young an old!

I agree and this post needs to go into the TFF Hall Of Fame posts!!

If you can locate an Orvis dealer they hold beginners flyfishing seminars.

Exactly!

Good post... When we stop learning, we Stop, the end, its all over, etc. I wonder if there is Bass in Heaven?

Bass_Bustin_Texan -- of course you are absolutely right, but I have one thing to add... Next time you see someone acting that way, go view their posts. I do that out of curiosity, and 9 times out of 10, that individual is the type that almost exclusively posts rudely.

I am all for a good zinger here and there, but you gotta keep it light hearted if you are gonna do it. And my personal forum posting montra is "if I don't have anything nice to say, then I am not saying anything at all."

Sometimes people tee it up for ya to rip em on something that 99% of the world would think is stupid, but like you mentioned, there are alot of inexperienced folks that visit here, and acting rudely toward them might even discourage them from participating in the sport of Bass fishing all together.

As much as I love getting out there and even just feeling a fish bite my bait, I never wanna discourage someone from learning to love my hobby!