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I doubt these would be considered vintage but here Is a picture of four(4) baits that have great sentimental value. The baby bass crankbait was the first balsa crank I bought. It was in a small tackle shop right outside of Clarksville AR. The other three (3) were given to me on the first two or three trips out bass fishing In '81. The Angel Eye (bottom right hand corner) was the bait I caught my first bass on. I caught seven(7) that day and It hooked me on this great sport forever.

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I fish with the Siebert brush jigs a lot and they are sturdy, tough, and fish well!

I've been to 5 classics and admission to the expo and weigh-In has always been free. If you are a tackle junkie the expo Is the place to be; plenty to buy and plenty of freebies such as key chains, sometimes t-shirts,(Angler specific) pens, and a ball cap here and there, etc.....Plum has It right when he says bring a bag or you can pick one up at the entrance and various vendor booths. There are so many vendor booths It is astounding. As an aside, I never cared much for getting up at 5:00 AM to go watch the launch but my buddy told me he really wanted to go so off we went. It was plain dumb luck but as we got to the exit he wasn't quick enough with the directions as to go right or left off the on ramp and I turned right and he realized It was supposed to be a left and as we turned around In a restaurant parking lot a sheriff's deputy blocked the main road. I about crapped my pants wondering If In Alabama It was Illegal to make a u-turn In a restaurant parking lot. lol It turns out they were blocking the road so all the classic boats can stay In line and have a smooth sail to the ramp. It was quite memorable. The point being Is the classic Is so much more than the expo and weigh-In!

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4-6 should be nothing but fundamentals. My son played rec. baseball and on travel teams for years and while not the most athletically gifted young man he worked hard and was above average. I coached him for a few years when he was young and my teams were always competitive but the objective wasn't about winning or losing It was to prepare them fundamentally for the next level. One of the things that I saw from children that age was they had fun the majority of the time and the way this particular league was set-up It was meant to teach, have fun, and generally learn some rules of the game. A 4-6 year old has a very short attention span but will soak up an enormous amount of knowledge If it's presented In a way that makes learning fun. It used to sicken me when some coach who thought coaching coach pitch baseball was some gateway for a huge move up In the baseball ranks,would berate some 5 year old because he simply didn't have the skill set to catch a fly ball or hit to the opposite field on a ball thrown outside. There are less than 1% that can do those things at that age, PERIOD. To me a weeding out process starts around 8-9 and to me that's when the winning and losing should be a part of the framework with which the great game of baseball Is taught. I digress here a minute. My son played and played reasonably well but at age 13 he d**n well knew he wasn't of the calibur of the majority that were playing travel ball and never played on another travel team. He played out his rec. ball years and had a blast. I never had a problem with him not continuing his travel ball as both he and I knew he was better served to continue a strong academic path and while those years playing sports taught some great lessons, Instilled a wonderful work ethic, and were durn fun the majority of the time, he knew he was never going pro and simply thought a college degree was what he wanted to work towards. As for the acceptance of mediocrity; It's the parents job to Instill a pride In what you do, to work hard at whatever you are doing, and that will carry over to whatever your child pursues.