I fished the BFL last year for the first time and always had good guys to fish with. I always heard you can draw some jack@ss people, maybe I just got lucky. I am also qualified to fish the Stren Series which is the next step if someone is trying to go pro. It would be nice but dont have the time or money to try it out. It depends on what you intend to do with your fishing career. I love to fish buddy tournaments but it was also a great experience to learn alot of things as a co-angler in the BFL.