If I didn't know about your prowess for smallies, I would counter with the smallie against your "HSB rules" comment.

But I know that if you could also have smallies in your ponds, you would.

This HSB is a crazy fish, flat out though.

I have a picture to post of one that my brother caught at our pond, but it's on a CD he has, so I'll have it next week.

Excerpt from Robert Crais' "The Monkey's Raincoat:"
"She took another microscopic bite of her sandwich, then pushed it away. Maybe she absorbed nutrients from her surroundings."