Boy, you know you're getting old when places you drank and people you knew show up in a history lesson...
Great read, Dennis - nicely done
"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.