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LEE GRIFFIN
BILL
DICK
BOBBY
PHILLIPS
GAYNER
COOTE
s tories to tell no matter t he si z e . T he d ay I wo r ry a b o u t t h e
s i ze of the fish I’m catchi ng i s t he d ay I w i ll h a ng u p my ro d s . I
k n ow truly inside that will n eve r h a p p e n , a n d I w i l l f i s h u n t i l I
a m longer be able to. I’m o u t h e re f i s hi n g fo r t h e u n k n ow n , a n d
t h at’s where I get my buzz a n d ki c ks . Fro m u rb a n d o c k wa te rs ,
r ivers, chalkstreams, drain s, p a rk l ake s, dyke s a n d a ny wh e re I
fe el I can get that buzz fro m , I w i ll try my l u c k a t c a tc h i n g th e
u n known that lives in there .
This particular article w i ll c ove r a s to r y I w i l l wri te f ro m
my side of the story, and my f r i e n d wh o I a c t u al ly n ow c a l l
a really good friend will wri te h i s s i d e to th e s tory. Yo u w i l l
e mbrace the magic that hap p en s f ro m f i s h i ng an d s o m e t i m es ,
n ow and again, you meet a tr u e a n gl i n g f r i en d o n t he b a n k , b u t
i t didn’t seem that way at t h e b e gi n n i n g . N ow t h i s p a rt i c u l a r
l a ke held some real gems, a n d I k n e w o f a ve ry s m a ll h a n d f u l
t h at had actually been ca ugh t i n th i s l a ke . M a ny ye a rs a g o I
u s ed to walk this lake when my l i t tl e b oy wa s f i rs t b o rn , we l l
over ten years ago now. We u s ed to p us h h i m a ro u n d i n h i s
p u shchair while I went ab o u t my b us i n e s s , j u s t e n j oy i n g t h e
b e autiful l ake and looking a t th e ma ny s m al l c o m m o n s I u s e d
to see swimming around i n t he e d g e.
I never knew much abo u t th e f i s h i n g ri gh t s h e re , b u t i n
g e neral, and because o f wh ere t h i s l ake i s a c tu a l ly l o ca te d ,
I always thought that i t wo u ld n eve r b e p o s s i b l e to a c t u a l ly
even fish here. Even tho ugh t he f i sh I us e d to s e e we re ve ry
s mall, I always wanted to give i t a go , b ut always j u s t t h o u gh t
yo u’d never be allowed to . O ve r t he ye ar s , yo u always s e e m
to collect a log of so many p l ac e s t ha t yo u a c t u a l ly wan t to
f i s h… well, I seem to, and I h ave th o u s an d s o f p l a c e s I wa n t to
v i sit , but over the years t h i n g s ju s t fa de away a n d b ec o m e a
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