
Originally Posted by
captdom
WOW. Really......WOW.
I was going to ignore this one, like so many of the other internet gems I come across.....I read these posts, and like a car wreck, I am horrified, yet fascinated by it at the same time...
Capt. Fred Archer took the time to write me many an email and PM when I was looking to expand my knowledge on threshers and their habits. As an unknown, young captain just starting out several years back, I blindly contacted Fred through an online chat site just like this one. I had a few of Capt. Archer's books in my library, but wanted a bit more than I had gleamed out of those...especially in regards those mysterious whiptails.
Without any guile, pretense, or "marketing" Fred answered my questions in great detail. I already had his books, and he simply added to what I gleamed in them with free, unaldulterated, genuine HELP. FREE help for a guy he had never met, a guy just getting started in the business who should be paying for this information, no question.
I now use alot of his bars, and kill the fish on them. Every time I order from him, I get a huge bag of free goodies to go with it, and get a really healthy pro courtesy discount to boot.
How is a guy supposed to talk about his experiences and opinions without detailing why and how he came to those conclusions?
This guy is an author. He gets paid for what he writes. I paid him(gladly) for several of his books, yet I have gotten more for free from his long winded posts by far!
Basically, I gotta tell ya, I will be happy to be labeled a FRAUD for using alot of good info to mix into my overal game from Capt. Fred Archer.
Vinnie, I think you better tuck tail on this one, before its too late. If this guy decides to stick the gaff in you, your hitting the ice right quick.
Feel free to PM or mail me your vast file on the good Capt. Archer, my seasons about done, I'm off to Xcalak mexico for 4 months,and I'll need something to read while I sip my tequila on the beach.....