Stan: I do fish a fair bit (as you have observed) and for many years it was fairly inexpensive.

What I have run up against here lately is that the growth on the Front Range of Colorado has forced me to travel further to find the isolation (& fish) I used to find much closer to my home.

An hour in my old pickup used to do it, now it takes more like 5-hours and a motel room and that begins to add-up.

I still go (and really enjoy it), but not with the frequency that I used to enjoy.