"Jack of all trades, Master of none" --- that is how I'd describe myself. I would say Bass are the species I'm most sucessfull at, but, I've boated bass, steelhead, trout and salmon already this year.

I hear people say "that guy is a good fisherman" But, he only fishes one place one way. Granted It may have taken a long time for him to figure that spot and tech out but, put him in unfamiliar water and he's lost.

To me diversity defines a good fisherman. Put him on a farm pond for bass, and he figures it out. Give him a fly rod on a small steelhead stream in winter and he hooks up. In fact suceeding in diverse conditions with different angling methods for different species is what makes an angling trip good to me. I may go bass fishiing in January, but if I catch one or two I'm as satisfied as cathing a steelhead on a crowded river. Either way, you beat the odds. That's what makes you a good angler.

Good Thread--

Aaron