Warren,

I no longer go out over my waist, and I do carry a ski pole with me. At times I do take my toon out on a lake, and even then I do ware a
CGA Life vest. I will be turning 80 April 4th and am looking forward to it. To stay in practice I cast at the local park from the pitchers mound.
Not many fish there but I try right and left handed casting. The distance from the mound to the bases is about all I need for the places I
fish in N. Idaho. And besides I haven't lost a single fly to a tree or bush, and you don't have to match the hatch. The walk to the park is
good therapy for me after my hip replacement. I even have a couple kids that want to learn to fly cast.

Crunchy