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LEE GRIFFIN
BILL
DICK
BOBBY
PHILLIPS
GAYNER
COOTE
a n d a little mini crowd of to u ri s t s o f a ll n at i o n al i t i es ga t h e re d
while we did the pictures.
Now I can’t thank Danny an d M ark en o ugh , a s t h ey rea l ly
c h anged as people the mo m en t th a t f i sh h it t h e b a c k o f my
s p reader block. They really he l p e d o u t; th ey we i gh e d t h e f i s h
fo r me, took all the wond e rf u l p i c t ure s, a n d re a l ly f ro m t h i s
d ay on became very goo d f ri e n ds .
The angler I am I was ready n ow to l e ave , b u t D a n ny a n d M a rk
m ade me s tay a few more ho u r s , an d i n th i s t im e , we re a l ly g o t
to know each other, and we eve n m ad e p la n s to c o m e e a rly
h o urs the next morning. I d i d n’ t c a tc h a ny t h i n g e l s e t h a t d ay,
b u t Danny and Mark were h av i ng a fe w bi te s h e re a n d t he re .
The next morning I’m p re tt y s u re M a rk c o u l d n’ t c o m e , b u t
D a nny and I made plans to c o me ove r ea rly h o u rs . D an ny to l d
m e how he gets around the p ark i n g s i tu a t i o n , a n d t h at ’ s wh a t
I went for, as gettin g the t ra i n eve r y t i me wo u l d have b e en a
c o mplete nightmare. We ar rive d e arly h o u r s t h e n ex t m o rn i n g ,
a n d after parking where D an ny h ad s howe d m e a b o u t , I l o a d e d
u p the barrow and began the l o n g , ro u gh ly o n e - m i l e wa l k f ro m
t h e car to the lake, sweat i n g i t o u t an d t h e n g e t t i n g to t h e
l a ke as the mist was just b re ak i n g o f f t h e s urfa c e a n d t h e s u n
was rising in the distance . T h es e mo r n i n gs we re ve r y s p ec i a l
i n deed, and sometimes i t’ s t he s e s ma l l t h i n g s i n c ar p f i s h i n g
t h at the normal world do n’ t a lways g e t to s e e t h at s c u l p t u re u s
a s the angl ers we are. It’s n o t a lways a b o u t c atc h in g t h e f i s h b u t
j u st being at the lake. T here we re eve n t i m es wh e n D a n ny an d
I would come just to photo g ra p h th e am a zi n g w i l d l i fe t h at ’ s
i n the lake like a very speci a l h e ro n th a t D an ny p ho to g ra p h e d
t h at an elderly gentleman u s ed to fe ed d ea d s p ra t s to w i t h
c h opsticks. It’s these little p i e c e s o f th e p i ct u re th a t m a ke u s
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