55+ years.I am now 60.I don;t remember when I didn;t fish.My dad started me early.Weather or catching fish is not important.I enjoyed GOING FISHING in the heat,rain,sleet,snow,even chipping ice to keep from sinking.I worked out in it,so I never let the weather keep me from going.I am very lucky that I feel this way.I have a worse day and a best day fishing,but never a bad day fishing.I am now in poor heath and handicaped.I don;t get to fish much anymore.I can not go in the rain now,as I have a tube running out of my side and hooked up to a machine,that must stay dry.When I do go,it is very hard,as it may take me 20 minutes to tie a hook or sinker. I may loose over a dozen bait,before I get one on.I have to fish for small fish that I can handle,With large rods and reels that I can handle.I have to quite eating 24 hours ahead of time,and not eat untill I return home.It is very tiring and very painful.I love every bit of it.Most of all,I love to watch children fishing.My children taught me this.It is the most fun of all. Alfred Price-Williams. I AIN;T DEAD AND I AIN;T QUITTING