There are a few people who will come into your life and leave behind footprints chiseled in granite, footprints that in some small way change you for the rest of your life.
Many friendships start in the bag line behind the stage where anglers wait with their fish for their turn to step up, talk to Dave Mercer and have their fish weighed.
I’ve been fortunate enough to have made the Classic five out of my six seasons on the Elites so far. Hopefully, I can run that number up to six out of seven.