I was out on the breakwater recently, and a man came up to me.

“Just what kind of gear does a master fisherman like you use?” he asked, or words to that effect. I told him he had asked the right man and proceeded to advise him.

Later, I thought I’d share the answer to his penetrating question with you all, using a photo, which is, as they say, worth a thousand words. If I can save a thousand words, then I don’t have to work as hard, by George. So here is the stuff without which I would never venture out into the wild, packed into my trunk: