Hmm...looks like I'm a member of the Day Late Club...
Gotta keep checking the post dates...so anyway, what's the feedback -
"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.