1. That a Royal Wulff can catch ANYTHING.

2. Taking a crap with a pair of 5mm Neoprene waders around your ankles during a snow squall while winter fishing for steelhead in Alaska will take 1 year off of your life, TRUST ME.

3. Always wear underwear, they make great toilet paper when you are 500 yards from your pack and the morning coffee has kicked in (see #2 above).

4. ALWAYS try something new. We so often trap ourselves in familiar patterns and habits.

5. Bimini twists are easier tied after a fifth of whiskey.

(Of course I realize that # 2 doesn't fit in with Warmwater fishing, just consider it a safety warning.)

[This message has been edited by Fishcreek (edited 16 March 2005).]