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DEREK STRITTON
h a d a young family and wa s always t r y i n g to re c o n c i l e a fa m i ly
h o liday with a few hours’ f i sh i n g h ere an d th e re . Al t h o u gh I
wasn’t too successful durin g t ho s e t r i p s , t h ey s t i ll e n c o m p a s s e d
fo r me that “not knowing as p e c t ,” a s we wo u ld o f te n j u s t p lo t u p
b e side a lake and fish with n o p r i o r i n fo r m at i o n o r k n owl e d ge ,
a n d every now and again I g o t lu c ky !
My days of doing talks or s h ow s l i d es to g ro u p s a re t h a n k f u l ly
l o ng since over, and nor, o n th e b a si s o f my f i s h i ng , wo u l d
t h ere be a demand for me to do s o . T h a t s a i d , a ye a r o r s o
a g o however, I did agree to do s o m et h i n g fo r a l o c a l cl u b a n d
p refixed what I had to say by a s ki n g why i t wa s t h a t eve ry
m odern day carp angler o f t h e ti m e h ad a b e a rd a n d fe l t th e
n e ed to wear a pair of “Va ss Wa de r s ? ” M y c o m m e n t s re c e ive d
va ried reviews and comme n t s. I al s o p ut u p a s l i d e o f mys e l f
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