Your suggestions are well-intended I'm sure, but I didn't read beyond the first one because friend you have never fished Wasque, or the Chappy side of Edgartown Harbor in the fall during an alby blitz. Fisherman/woman are lucky, very lucky, to have ten feet. Sometimes it is the close quarters that makes for a warm rapport with your beach buddies. You know a kind of get to know your neighbor.
One good cast deserves another
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