Randy - I agree with you completely, except for the part about your importance to the PA Fish-In.

You're the "glue" that has held this event together. No one throws a better party than you do, and your generous and welcoming nature has been 95% of what made the Fish-In a great event. That and Bruce's cobbler, and Diane's pineapple upside-down cake.

Without your involvement, this event will never happen again - bet on it.

Sometimes, life just gets in the way of things. Personally, I'm not getting screwed out of my vacation time again, and if there is a 2013 PA Fish-In, I'll be there early to carve myself a big ol' hunk of Diane's cake.

The PA Fish-In has been, and would remain the best, most cost effective way to spend a week fishing in PA. You have no idea how much it pains me to miss out on it this year. I've spent more than double the total cost of the Fish-In week, to just fish this weekend. Three days - one of them my normal day off - is all I get.

Good luck, and I hope you decide to run the event next year.

H.A.