Thursday, May 24, 2007

Best laid plans ...

I'd hoped to use this as a forum for my thoughts on various fishing topics, but here it is, Memorial Day weekend, and this is the first time I've posted in months. To be fair to myself, life has been crazy. But now that we're heading into the heat of the season, I'm going to make an effort to do this regularly.

I haven't been fishing recently, and I feel like I'm missing out once again as the striper reports are literally flooding my email here at work. Guess it's time I get down to it and get out there.

On a sad note, Tom Jobson, the former managing editor of the APP, died on Tuesday. I owe my career to that man, because in 1986, when it was virtually unheard of for papers to hire copy editors straight out of college, he tried a grand experiment and gave me the chance. I thank him for the chance to do something that I loved -- work with words -- and turn it into something that serves others.