John - Put my raffle tickets in Mrs. Crafty's name - she's always luckier than I am -
Hey, she landed me, didn't she - how's that for a real stroke of luck!
"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.