On Fri, 04 Apr 2008 19:01:02 GMT, "Larry L"
wrote:

It seems that regardless of how much stuff you have or how you plan to
transport it, the question of "what to take, what to leave behind" plagues
all fishing trips.

I offer that it's actually easier to make the choice when going on a
backpack than when towing the house behind you. Each year as I start to
gear up for the summer I go through the pile of stuff and find lots of " I
haven't used that once in the last couple years" junk .... clearly a "leave
behind" ... but it's oh so hard to leave behind when you can just tuck it
into a closet or someplace else out of the way "just in case."

I bought diesel today for $4.19.9/gal and even though a 10 pound item
tucked away won't affect mileage ... a bunch of them, together, might.
And, more important than ecomomy is the mental disclipline and clarity that
follows from 'sparseness.'

At this point I have a pretty damn big pile of quality fly fishing stuff I'd
give to the first person that saw it and said, " that's cool, I may get one
of those"

...... you might want to drop by my place G

Aw, hell, if you just inflate your tires to the maximum pressure recommended
by the car manufacturer, you'd likely negate any additional fuel usage
incurred by an extra hundred pounds or more of payload...

/daytripper