Editor's Log
January 8, 2010
One of my New Year’s resolutions (aw shut up, you know you’ve got some too) is to ease up on the procrastination. I’m reminding myself of this eight days into the new year when I should’ve had a new editor’s log posted on the first.
I’ve also made a resolution to not be so hard on myself. Guess I was pretty busy the first week of the year doing just that – I’m so proud of myself! I’ve got to remind myself not to let the one cancel out the other.
Maybe not being so hard on ourselves means being better to ourselves. This might make things actually harder, not easier. Like cooking yourself a really healthy meal instead of stopping off for that pastrami and Swiss on rye (they make it so good at this little BBQ joint in my town). If you’re interested in that - and you should be - be sure to check out the Healthy Angler’s latest recipe.
It might mean getting rid of a trail in order to revamp and go back to the drawing boards because it’s simply not working (look to see some ladies giving the men a run for their money this spring). I hate that the women don’t have their own venue now, but I also hated seeing the trail struggle. I look forward to someone intelligent coming up with a better program.
Well, I got off the track here about procrastination so let’s get back to it. How’s your garage looking? Rod locker pretty full up? We can help. Check out the current articles posted on Tackle Organization and be on the lookout for a doozy coming up by touring pro Bernie Schultz. You know you're going to get some pretty decent insight into a well-oiled machine in that regard. These guys have fine-tuned their organizational skills, never bringing too much or leaving stuff behind.
And I should know - our pro-staff are ordering directly from me. I could tell you which guys are calling me frantically the day before the tournament and which guys are good to go before pre-fish. But then there'd be a bounty out on my head and who wants to worry about that? I'll keep quiet for now.
I and a couple other Yamamoto employees had the distinct pleasure of hosting one of our very own Inside Line writers over the holidays. The strange, backwards, potato-digging Idaho Italian Terry Battisti graced us with his presence. I’ll be honest, Pro-Staffer Ron Colby spent the majority of the time with him out on the water (I waited warm in the wings awaiting 
fish taco material). The goal was stripers and lots of them, but they also managed to catch a green fish or two.
I asked Ron if he had any inside dirt on Battisti that I wasn’t privy to and he had this to say of his very good fishing buddy: “Amazingly, the man can’t seem to set a hook on a striper. I won’t tell you how many fish he missed. He’s also the only person I’ve ever met from Idaho who doesn’t pack a minimum of a dozen firearms. In fact, he doesn’t even own one!”
Thanks for coming down, Terry. We enjoyed every minute of it!