My name is Bob Power and i used to play golf just as I described above. My wife and myself started playing about five years ago. Although my game improved, ( I thought I was better than I was),I still needed to make some drastic changes to, not only play type of game I wanted, but to also enjoy game more as well. Many nights on way home from course my wife would ask me why I play if I didin't enjoy it. I would say that I loved to play golf, and she would say, "Well you'd never know it by your lousy attitude." Then of course I would get mad and tell her she was toallly wrong. Well, she was wrong about me loving game, but totally right about my lousy attitude towards it.

About two years ago I was shooting well over 100 each round and loosing balls on a regular basis, not to mention my frustration level was at an all time high. One day I resolved to improve my game, but instead of starting with technical part of game, I started with mental and physical part of game. When I watched golf shows on TV I began listening to pros and expert teachers about proper approach to game. I started watching more programs on improving physical aspect as well. What I wanted was a good mental picture of what golf was, before I started to improve technical.

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GREAT USE FOR CICADIAS All you folks that are enduring this year's hatch of Cicadas I have some good news. Cicadas DEAD or ALIVE make outstanding bait for large mouth bass and bluegills. I went fishing with my son and Grandson to a small pond. I took about a dozen Cicadas with us to see if they would work as bait. My son caught a nice large mouth on his first cast with cicada. The bluegills also pecked them to pieces if they got there first. The cicadas are not very solid, so fish rip them off hook a lot. You get fish or he gets bait free and clear.

Before we knew it my son and grandson were spending more time rounding up cicadas for bait than actual time fishing. When they got around another dozen cicadas for bait they would then start fishing again. The fish hit bait either way dead or alive. The action of wings fluttering on water just caused fish to bite just a little quicker. If you only have dead bait then a jerky retrieve will speed up fish's attack on cicada.