Ok, I'm going to be honest with you, for your own good. When a person writes something that is intentionally overbearing and obnoxious, people will ignore your message. Worse than that, you'll miss out on broadening your fishing network. Next time I get an offer to fill a couple seats I don't want someone to say "as long as it's not that Mergantroider". We'd both lose out if that happened.

Dave has been honest with you. I've fished with him, and he is a very decent man. And considering that he was a big part of the reason I moved to Western Washington, I have a tremendous amount of respect for him. Plus he paid for my beer. Be nice to him.

Merg, This is as harsh a rebuttal I will ever publicly make of someone I fish with. Now go to your room for some quiet time, and think about what you've done.

Vhawk