I lean towards willierowers definition. A guy who stands in the zoo at Blue Creek day after day after day and leaves with two fish every time could do that with little fishing skill. Don't believe it? Well, go down there when the fish are IN, and you'll see guys limiting that couldn't find their a$$ with both hands and a flashlight.

I think a guy is a better angler if you could take him, and drop him off on any river, in various water conditions, and he/she could still find a couple fish.

Of course, if you can have that kind of success on multiple species, then you've really got some info and skill in your noggin'.

I guess that it's more than a numbers game, but numbers do have something to say about success. However, some of the better anglers I've met would abandon rivers where their odds were good, and fish places with less fish and less anglers. These guys wouldn't catch the numbers of fish somebody fishing Blue Cr. or Reiter would, but they were able to catch fish where few others would get any hookups.

Now, if you can get solitude and numbers.........YOU'D BETTER KEEP IT A SECRET !!