Canceled

The FLW tour season opener at the Red River this week has been canceled.  I was excited to get started; total bummer.  After all the travel and expense to be there and prepare just for them to cancel.  They did the right thing in the long run but we as anglers have to realize that we are always putting ourselves at risk.  Seriously our boats go over 70 mph.  What was different about this time around was the cold water in play.  If you did fall in or got thrown from your boat you would have been dead in minutes.  The water was 40 degrees, the air was in the 30's and the current was ripping along.  It would have been bad if they held the event and someone got hurt or died.  But like I said earlier, we are always at some risk...but I understand they wanted to limit that risk this time around.  

Most guys left with mixed feelings.  Many anglers felt the canceling had little to do with safety and much more to do with the fact that the fishing was tough.  So for the guys that were on fish they felt jipped and the guys that had terrible practice, well they got off the hook(no pun intended).  I am here to tell you that fishing was terrible and very tough but this is what we do for a living and is our job.  The conditions were the same for everyone.