I helped a guy out who was broken down on Montauk hwy.....I bought him to the nearest gas station so he could get some anti-freeze. I was in my truck and had two surf poles up in the racks and my tackle box/ waders etc. in the cab. He says to me something like "you're a fisherman", I reply , "yes" and he proceeds to tell me about his neighbor and good friend T. Melton. So on so on, I get him back to his crappy car and he says "gimme your address, for helping me out I'll get you a subscription to the Fisherman for a year". I thought to myself that this guy is just saying something nice, but there is no way he's gonna come through with this.....lemme tell ya, the LIF was at my door every week for about five years straight. I'm sure this guy didn't get me a five year subscription, it just kept showing up every week. I even put in a change of address and it then arrived there too. Then one day it stopped, next week, nothing, following week, zero. That was right around the time Melton was no longer the editor, or whatever happened to him. I'll have to admit , I get the Nor'easter now...it's free....L.I.F. is still a good source of info, but your right about not what it used to be......a little to much "fluff' now, not as "salty" as it used to be