Hey Phil,

Way to go on hanging in there! Looking atlast year's freshwater trips I made, you're experience ain't at all unusual.
How quickly we forget the skunk tour we've been starring in when we finally do catch a fish.

It's literlly like gambling. The rush of catching that fish, seeing him or her, and releasing the creature to someday meet again. This is what makes us come back, no matter what the odds.

In the same boat er.... tube er.......stew!,

tsurikichi
a.k.a. JapanRon