Posted by Nick HB on 11/7/2007, 4:49 pm, in reply to "Re: Odd."
My opinion is that the guys such as Kane and Chad choose to dedicate their life to fishing, and for that, they should be rewarded. Any sport takes a huge amount of money, effort, time and sacrifices to get to the top, these guys commit to that, and therefore are at the top of the game, and deserve to walk away with the champion angler trphey. Personally I am new to this, and am just enjoying catching fish, I have set myself some goals for the coming season and hope to acheive them. It would be unreasonable for me to expect to come away with Champion Angler even with Dunkys sugestion. It is however good for everyone to have something to work towards, and it would be good for the likes of myself, Dunky, Mark and who ever else to be working towards something.. So here is my suggestion....
What would the club think about having a "Local Champion Angler" trophey donated, which would run along side the champion angler, but is for those who only ever fish between Tongoio and Waimarama? I would think that the likes of Chad, Kane, Nathan, Aaran, Gary, Roger (in his dreams)and Santa will continue to strive for the Champion Angler Trophey, while those of us not quite so dedicated, rich, with families or those who just prefer to fish local, would still have something to strive towards. Just a suggestion