Rich,
I was also lucky enough to have one or two insperational guiding lights during my angling formative years, your tale reminded me of them and i smiled as i read it......crabtree style!!
The threats of being throw in if i didn't stop asking questions were i'm sure part of the learning circle!
How many of us nowadays can say we would return the favours we were privalaged too, even in some case's for our own kids, there have been times when my nipper has wanted to come and i have told him not this time son..........thanks for reminding me to make more effort and place less importance on my own sucsess.
