God bless you're Bald Eagle vision!! Ha ha, and one step away from xray vision eh!! Good man. I have only been fishing maybe ten times ever, but always enjoyed, other than the couple of times that I caught nothing after six hours, I found that to suck very badly, I guess the fact that it was freezing cold didn't help!
I have an old work colleague who would love to have a chat with you, he is mad into fishing. He has even done a couple of survival trips to Canada where they spend two weeks on the river self sufficient fishing for fresh salmon as they go. It sounded amazing, I loved listening to his stories about it.