Like I used to tell a buddy of mine, "There's only two things in Rhode Island, quahogs and queers -
And I don't see any shells on your back, ya big bivalve!"
Hey, he owns a clamshack.....
"There is no royal road to this heavy surf-fishing. With all the appliances for comfort experience can suggest, there is a certain amount of hard work to be done and exposure to be bourne as a part of the price of success." From "Striped Bass," Scribner's Magazine, 1881.