Good morning Marsha. I know you aren't a nightowl like I've become, so you must be up early for a fishing trip today? As for Stew you can call him Grandpa now.

I think some of us can come up with more items useful to fishing that weren't around back in the early 70's:

- Electronic sonar fish finders
- Fancy shallow water jet sleds
- The 'information age' (fishing websites)
- Foam sheathed hook files
- Short wave radios to share found fish
- Pink rubber worms
- The 'Gawdess' of fishing tips
- Cataract and Sawyer fiber alloy oars
- Advanced graphite fishing rod blanks
- Ceramic rod guides
- Superior reels
- Superior mono lines (you mentioned superbraids)
- Advanced scent formulas
- TOO MANY FISHERMEN
- LESS FISH (especially nates)

Probably lots more?