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DICK GAYNER
REUNION
I was introduced to Vic G i ll i n gs by my g o o d f ri e n d a n d h i s ,
B o b Burchett . Bob and Vi c h ad k n ow n ea c h o t h e r fo r ye a rs
f rom the early days of car p f i s h i n g o n T h e Ta rn p o n d n e ar
Fa rnham, and also their b ro t h erh o o d o f b e i n g “ te d dy boys ”
to gether in their teens. Wh en I f i rs t k n ew th e m , t h ey bo th s t i l l
s p orted the classic DA hai r s tyl e, wh i c h I re m em b e r Vi c n eve r
b e ing without .
Bob and Vic started to trave l f ur th e r a f i e l d , vi s i ti n g ,
a mongst o ther waters, the fa mo u s B i ll i n g Aq u a d ro m e wh e re
Vi c managed to hook o ne o f i t s re si de n t s. A s B o b rec a l l s , “ We
were both fishing a long, n ar row ch a n n el i n t h e we e k wh e n
Vi c hooked a fish that wen t s o l i d . A s we ha d p l a n n e d , we g o t
i n to the dinghy and went a f te r i t , b u t o n g e t t i n g ove r t h e to p
o f it , we found it had tra n sfe r re d t he ho o k i n to t h e we e d ! ”
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