Read these & now I may sneak my backpack fishing kit into the "bring back" suitcase - the one that will start out empty cept for big liquids we cant carry on there (sunscreen/aloe) or back (Appleton, etc). Just learned that the couple we were thinkin bout gettin a charter with went and booked througn the AIO they are getting married at, at like $200 a head. Not sure we could (or would want to) join them at that price, but if the boat isn't full maybe we could deal direct with the charter just to tick 'em off when they learn the "right" price. Was thinkin on the more authentic deal with Duke - wonder if he would mind taking the Winterfresh up the river, or a reel not made out of a 2-liter?