retires from fishing. Sticks, reels and lures are going on sale

Dear anglers, trusted friends and new comers to the sport of kayak fishing:
      I am retiring from the sport. I will still paddle a sit on top yak, read about adventures, and get after it. I believe that fishing is one of mans greatest diversions. Kayak fishing teaches each of us many things. Some of us come to the sport with more skills than others, but in time those of us who continue to get up and go, those of us who continue to get after it, we in time become something much more than good at kayak fishing.  We then become good at life.  We learn about organization. We learn that if you paddle six miles and have left our lucky cigar, or radio, or batteries, or bait, or anchor, or sun screen, or sun glasses, or any number of things from a never ending list, that in its self is just the beginning of the, “madness” that is kayak fishing. We learn more than how to improvise. We learn more than how to save ourselves and our paddle buddies. We learn more than team work, trust and, determination. We learn more than how to minimize and handle true fear, true danger, real life and death situations in real time. We learn more than how to stay calm, and how that has helped us so many times,  in so many tough spots. We learn more than how to harness the flow of adrenaline that comes from both the fear and the excitement that is often the biggest part of our days on the water. We learn more than to respect the earth, and all its creatures. We learn more than a truer and more clear perspective as to how lucky we are to be who we are. We learn more than we are more than how we do what we do.Dear fellow anglers, it is with great pleasure, pride and love that I share with all of you, veteran and new-bee alike, the following.
       We have all lost many big fish. Some of us are more than others.  In doing so, we have all taught many big fish something about what they might avoid in the future. Many of those big fish have gone on to produce more fish, and some of them will make it to do the same. 
Every “Walmart”, every big 5, every sporting goods store offering fishing gear, every bait shop, every one of those places all do one thing the same. They sell the equipment that provides beginning anglers with enough gear to get out to the water and begin loosing fish.  Loosing fish is part of the cycle.  Folks who catch and release, do just that. Those folks catch and release. I get it. I dig it. For myself, I wish not to put any more fish through that.
        For people who are not sure how tough they are, or wish to be, I recommend kayak fishing as a way for them to find out how tough they are, or are not. It has been said that, “…the truth hurts.”  Some situations prove that axiom true.  While the truth can hurt, it does not always have to do so. At the end of the day, we are more than what we do, and how we do it. At the end of the day, we are more than how we got to where we are. At the end of the day, it is not ,"...as important where we stand as where we are headed.....".
       To have been a part of this organization for such a short time, to have seen and done what I have under the wings of so many, to have been a part of something so fun, exciting, great, and worthwhile, has been and will forever be, among my greatest honors.
To all of this proud band of anglers, thank you, thank you all so very much. Missing something this great and this badly, is exactly how I want to leave. A perfect eleven years on the yak. 
Thank you all. 

Love,
Dave,  AKA, “relentless’

Find me @ [email protected]  or 510 508-2166

 

 

 

 

Good luck in your future endeavors Dave.

Ya Mann! Good luck! what are you going to do now? Aren't you going to miss playing with all those toy1

Wish you the best...

Alien

We learn more than how to minimize and handle true fear, true danger, real life and death situations in real time. We learn more than how to stay calm, and how that has helped us so many times,  in so many tough spots. We learn more than how to harness the flow of adrenaline that comes from both the fear and the excitement that is often the biggest part of our days on the water. We learn more than to respect the earth, and all its creatures. We learn more than a truer and more clear perspective as to how lucky we are to be who we are. We learn more than we are more than how we do what we do...

Love,
Dave,  AKA, “relentless’

Thank you for this, Brother.  Best of luck to you.   

  Thank you to all for so much fun.  I can not believe I am leaving the sport of fishing. While I  will no longer be loosing big fish, I  will not stop kayaking until it is completely impossible for me to paddle. Sorry for typing 'Shamano" on Saltest. Saltest real is Diawa. Thanks again for helping me with that. the reel just looks better than the old Diawa stuff. New Diawa, "nice"  .  Old glass Diawa sticks, big big bucks.    If it does not sell in a few days with the incorrect manufacturer I will have my web team fix it. grin  Diawa Saltest.

I'll take 4,5n6. Been using shitty gear for too long time to up my game.
 Thanks
Patt.s

  Hello everyone.To purchase gear, please call me @ 1 510 508-2166.  I am in Alameda. Together we can figure out how best to get the gear to you. 

Look forward to hearing from you soon. e mail is also OK .mine is [email protected] 

In one of your pictures, I see you using a LipGripper. Are you selling that piece of gear? Mine went swimming and did not come back.

Dave,

That's a shame!  It's been too long.  See you at Joel's memorial?

Best of luck with everything.

-Eric

Is the TLD-20 really a 2-speed?  Looks like a 1-speed.  Might have to grab it from you if it is a 2-speed.

Bill

Is the TLD-20 really a 2-speed?  Looks like a 1-speed.  Might have to grab it from you if it is a 2-speed.

Bill

I had to pull pix of Avet MXJ6 & Shimano Tld 20.  Why I was sure they were,  '2 speed" who knows? Sorry.  Have  re posted  pix.