My El Salto fishing partner, Pat McGrath, is 86 years young and full of spit and vinegar (gin too!). I was thrilled to fish with her. In fact my only regret was that our paths hadn’t collided previously. From the first conversation, through our last cast together, it was obvious the she is one of those people who lives her life to the max, the kind of young lady you just want to be around.

As one of the wives who is not on the road full-time, a lot of fishing fans probably don’t know much about Jennifer Combs. It’s a good story, and while they’re better together even without Keith in the mix she has a lot to say about the fishing life.

The Scene: 5am, breakfast table at Anglers Inn Lake El Salto, hot coffee, eggs made to order. A seated woman looks up to a man bringing over his heaping plate of food.

“Brother Pete,” she says. “Do you have any more?”