guys , thank you so much for the thought and prayers, they are greatly appreciated.if i have a message for anyone, it would be please spend as much time with your family and fiends that you possibly can. because every day you lose, it cant be gotten back. this is the second stroke dad has had in 6 months, the effects of the first one were bad enough, now we will just have to wait and see from this one. doesnt look like there will be much fishing in the near future, but i wish you all the best fishing in the world, and keep posting pics and stories, as i will read them every day.thanks again, and if i didnt say it before, there is the greatest group of people on this site that i know of.