Hey, AH, I used to see Beaver Brown at Schiller's way back when - I was tending bar at the Bon Zoo and the house band was Kenny Lyons and the Tombstone Blues Band...
Whew, that's a trip in the Wayback Machine
"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.