1. Family - I couldn't stand using all my vacation time to fish tourneys and not have my family around.
2. Desire - I lost my fire to compete. Instead of spending the necessary 12 hrs a day on the water I started fishing 6-8 hrs and my results faded with my lack of time on the water.
3. Burnout - I work many hours in my job and I hated being committed to going to tourneys, speaking, boat shows, and just having to be somewhere.
4. Economy - When G3 called it quits in the FLW I didn't feel like starting from scratch. It took me 7 years to build up $10K plus per year in sponsor's cash support coming in and I didn't see this as a break even, much less money making venture.
The thing I miss the most is the comeradere of my partners, my ex-sponsors and the people who fish the tour. They remain my lifelong friends.
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