Glad to see you around Jpuff.  I read some of your other posts and I have to say I am a big big fan.  You seem really knowledgable.  I tried putting a U/R fish deck together and I wasnt really impressed with what it did.  I guess I just have a different play style.  I was out of the mix for a while and I have just recently made my return.  I actually went to the Waterbury tournament last weekend and had a decent time.  I would say that I was thrown by the amount of self-playing decks.  I guess it's bound to happen. 

Competition was pretty intense at the tourny.  Except my third round match, it was kind of weak, and the kid I played against timed it out because he knew that if he didn't take the draw, he would walk with a loss. 

Anyway, any advice as to why there are no lotus's in the deck lists I have seen for fish?  Also, I understand the use of fetchlands to thin the deck, but with all of the mixed up nonbasic lands, does anyone else run into trouble?