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DEREK STRITTON
fo od supplement an d eggs . B u t , “ he k n ew t h a t wa s a w i n d u p
a n d would go on trying to f i n d o u t wh at i t re al ly wa s ! ” I wo n d e r
h ow he feels now…
Also on Fred’s bait them e , a s to ry t ha t m a ny o f yo u s l igh t ly
o l der guys should be ab l e to i d e n ti f y w i t h … W h e n Fre d
p u blished PYM and his ori g i n a l b ai t i de a s , it q u i c k ly b e c a m e
a p parent that he would nee d to d eve lo p a n e w a n d u n k n ow n
a t tractor/label for his HNV b ai t . T h e o n e h e d e c i d ed u p o n wa s
a food additive, which wa s n i ck n a me d “ Re d D ev i l .” A n u mb e r
o f people, the late, great , I a n B o o ke r i n c lu d e d , c on c l u d e d th a t
t h is must be “Robin Red” b i rd fo o d a d d i t ive j u s t l i ke P Y M . I a n
a n d many others went on to c atc h m any c arp a s a re s u l t , b u t I
c a n confirm Robin Red had no th i n g to do w it h Re d D ev i l ! We
a l l make mistakes and jum p to th e w ro n g c o n c l u s i o n s , bu t a s
t h ey go in fishing, this one wa sn’ t to o b a d a m i s t ake as t h i n g s
t u rned out , as Ian absolute ly c ap tiva te d b o t h t h e B i g L a ke an d
T i p Lake fish using it in hi s b a i t s!
With apologies to those o f yo u wh o h ave h e a rd m e tel l t h e
fo llowing stories before, b u t th ey w i l l g ive yo u a n i d e a o f
h ow things used to be, an d th e b a n te r th a t we n t o n b e t we e n
t h e group. While fishing o n D a re n th b i g la ke o n e mo r n i n g , I
l o oked across to the long i sl a n d f ro m th e Wh i te Po s t sw i m . A
m ovement led me to conce n tra te l o n g en o u gh to s e e a ra b b i t
r u n along the margin of the i s l an d . N ow t hi s go t m e to t h i n k i n g ,
h ow on earth a rab bit go t o n to th e i sl a n d. L a te r t hat d ay I
m entioned it to Bob , who i n tu r n m e nt i o n e d i t to Fre d . To c u t
a long sto ry short , I then s p en t 1 2 m o n t hs o f m i s ery b e i n g
te ased about Rabbit Islan d , as eve r yo n e e ls e c l a m e d t h ey ’ d
n ever seen one out there. T h e fo l low i n g w i n te r, B o b reve a l e d
t h at when the lake was froz e n ove r a n d t he re wa s a c ove ri n g o f
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