next gen

We haven't always been hardcore troutaholic freaks, we all had to start somewhere. My generation learned fly-fishing, and created a passion for fly-fishing hearing about guys like Lefty Kreh, Rene Harrop, Flip Pallot, Dave Whitlock, John Geirach, Dave Kaufmann, Bud Lilly, guides that we looked up to on the Mo, tiers, and other sticks of that era. Well, while we certainly can't forget those pioneers and all they have taught us, we need something more to inspire the next gen, and to compete against X-Box, Playstation, Warcraft, or whatever ridiculously mindless activity the "Nintendo" craze come up with next. Michael Jordan inspired me to play basketball but he's gone and not on TV anymore... so someone has to take his place (Lebron?).
Most of us probably do not think of ourselves as the ones to step in to that role, and if you see most of us on the weekends that is probably appears even more true. However, we are it. So we need to make sure and step up and be responsible, and get that next trout bum on the water. Get involved in the programs that are available for next gen. anglers because we know how to make the sport appear "cool"...cool enough to put down the X-Box controller for an afternoon. This probably isn't our typical "Mofia" post, however it is probably more important than the general rambling that goes on here.... maybe a little too sentimental... but we are pretty sensitive guys. Not, and we don't want the next gen to grow up being a bunch of panzies that don't know how to fly-fish either.