"Larry L" wrote in message
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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"

It's a diesel, load it up if you have the space! The few hundred pounds you
might add in equipment will make little difference in mileage. Now if you
had that fat @ss pirate riding along and a couple of these other june bugs,
you would probably be stopping at every station...

FWIW, I wish I had your troubles,
JT