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MARK CURLY HATCHMAN
t h e n , a s baits were for the m ost part softer because t h e
h o o k wa s generally bur ied inside the bait , whi ch ha d to b e
s t ru c k o f f in order to hook a carp.
O f c o u r se I’m talking ab out the genesis of ti ger n u t s.
I n i t i a l ly t here were just seven of us “in the know ”, an d i f I
h a d my way, it would have been m any years before anyo n e
e l s e fo u n d out , but one of our group was more ben evo l e n t ,
a n d a f te r a year or so, t he c at was let ou t of th e b a g . I
d i d n’ t wo rry too much though per sonally, as peanu ts we re
s t il l g o i n g well and have become a bit of a forgotten ba i t .
A ny way, that’s how things evolved for me back i n t he
1970s.
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