Wanted: a better mousetrap for $25 NL

[flyangler]

I am blown away by these stats in that I am an "Eagle" in small limit (2/4) and just started dipping my toe into NL Cash games. I've done pretty well at limit, so I decided to move towards NL and figured that my game would translate just as well there.
I find at 25 NL the fish are just as bad as .25¢ micro limit- they will play with any two hands. I have taken some very expensive bad beats so far with only a couple hundred hands played. Not debilitating to my BR but painful.
I can see how weak tight play would have saved me some money over the last couple weeks. I don't know if I am capable of getting passive after working so hard to learn to be TAG at limit. Maybe NL is just not my game, but I want to learn, so I will likely stick with it.
I am curious to see what the more experienced posters will say about these numbers.