Member "Brass" and I live in different parts of Maryland and hoped to meet sometime this summer. Pax is an avid fly fisherman and was working a stream in my area yesterday, so he dropped by my home in between sessions. We hit it off immediately (as I knew we would from phone calls and emails). It's always great to meet a fellow pipe smoker and I hope to get down to Pax area this summer to meet some of his smoking friends. We had a very nice morning, enjoying some pipes and fellowship. I showed Pax my restoration bench and we gave one of his Savinelli's a stem tune-up. Perhaps the shined pipe brought him some better luck on the stream than in the morning.