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STEVE FISHER
“ L ucky ” Locke to name a fe w. I a ls o m et G l e n S m i t h , wh o I
s t arted up Fisher Baits wit h i n t h e 1 9 9 0 s . T h e n t h e re wa s “ T h e
Pa rticle Man”, Dick Caldwe ll wh o wa s a re a l Te rry He a rn o f
to day ’s standard – a great a n gl er a n d f ri e n d. I re mem b e r b e i n g
o n the banks of Horton K i rby o n t he c a tt l e b a n k a n d wa tc h i n g
D i ck with his bucket o f ma p l es ( se e Ro d Hu tc h i n g s o n Ca rp
S t rike Back for full story… A p o t o f te a a n d a b u c ke t o f m a p l e s
p l ease). It seems like yeste rd ay s i t t i n g th e re w i t h h i m ; wh e re
h a s the time gone?
I n 1978, I left the reco rd c o m p a ny to go f i s hi n g a t B ro o k l a n d s
f u ll time – fishing five days a we ek a n d j us t g o i n g h o me to s i g n
o n and perhaps have a b a th ( bu t n o t a l l t h e t i m e) , l e av i n g
weekends alone, as it was a lways s o b usy. Eve ry T h u r s d ay, L ee
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