to make you and alot of other people happy I will stop ranting.
Hell no, Eben - keep going - I love a prolonged squack when it's necessary -
And, boy, is it needed in this case
"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.