because nobody wants to find an EEL in their Christmas stocking !!
I dunno, I wouldn't go that far, Rav...
Maybe I'm just a funny guy
"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.