I dunno, Joe - if things don't improve soon you may have to take up the long wand
Not that there's anything wrong with that.....
"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.