Fishing is a science, but, it isn't an exact one. Part of the joy of angling is the fact that we are always learning. Even the "teachers" are still students.
It is amazing how many anglers stories include at least one account of so called beginner's luck. The wife who picked a lure that never catches fish, yet, proceeds to catch either the most or largest fish of the day.
You would be hard pressed to find another sport in which the participant will subject themselves to such extremes in climate only to be humbled by creatures that at times measure less than the length of our boot.
Yes Mike we anglers are a strange lot, and, we wouldn't want it any other way!