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RICHARD
BILL
LEE
SKIDMORE
PHILLIPS
GRIFFIN
d u ring those few years wh en I h ad c o r n to mys e l f o n t h e l a ke s
I f ished. So that first trip to E g g et t ’s h ad c e rt a i n ly p a i d o f f
fo r me in the long run. We ha d o t he r t ri p s d ow n t h e re a n d to
B i lling Aquadrome during th o s e e a rly ye ars , b u t I neve r s aw
t h e Elephant in Hilton Snag s a ga i n .
Writing this short featu re fo r Ro b ha s b ro u gh t b a c k ma ny
fo nd memories for me of th e i na d e q ua te ge a r we u s ed i n t h o s e
d ays: camp beds with do g g y ra tc he t s , b u zz e rs th a t wo rke d
when they shouldn’t , no sle e p i n g b ag s , o n ly a p i l e o f o l d a rmy
b l ankets, damp leaky wade r s a n d T he rm o s f l as ks t h at we n t
c o ld after four hours… We ro u gh ed i t b a ck t h e n , b u t we we re
ke en, and the excitement o f c atc hi ng a m o n s te r ove r ro d e th e
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