OK.. lets get this straight...
You are prepared to NOT get your fishing license so that you can get your gf a pressie???
You are willing to NOT fish for 6 months?
Dude this is a helluva sacrifice and you must be insane, really in love, or most probably both...
You will get rewarded in the afterlife for this (if there is one.. if there isn't.. you wont know)
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But... why wait til then when you can have a brand spanking old camera right now???
I read your post and immediately ran to one of the storage bins and pulled something out that we havent used in years...
1- Nikon N2020AF (the manual is still there too)
2- Nikkor AF 35-105mm 1:3.5-4.5 Auto Zoom lens
3- Albinar Thyristor 90MDTZ auto flash
4- a case for it all.
Happy Anniversary... You get your license and she gets a camera
Now lets work out a way to get this to you.