Yeah, but it looks damned good swimming in that galvanized wash-tub he has at the booth
I bought one of those some years back...and it casts like a bag of feathers...
"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.