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LEE GRIFFIN
BILL
DICK
BOBBY
PHILLIPS
GAYNER
COOTE
s p ecial fish. Between all t he f i s h we s aw b e t we e n f i s h i n g a n d
walking, I came to the co nc l u si o n t h ere re a l ly are n’ t m a ny
m i rrors in there; in fact I h ave o n ly se e n t hre e to t h i s d ay.
The close-in spot was ro c k i n g, a nd o n e s u m m e r’ s even i n g , I
s tood there with a second ro d i n h an d lo o ki n g a c ro ss t h e l a ke ,
wondering where to pub c hu c k i t wh en th e B i g L i n c a m e c l e a n
o u t of the water in front o f me . “ T ha t ’s a b i te ,” I t h o u gh t , as
I f licked the rod where sh e f i z ze d a s s h e we n t b a ck i n to t h e
d e pths. I was certain when t ha t ro d we n t I wo u l d b e i n fo r a
b i g battle, but this wasn’t t he ca s e a t f i rs t , a s I g o t p e s te re d
by the bream, but she wa s a b o ut , s o I ha d to s t i c k w i t h t h at
s p ot . My god was I glad I c a r ri e d o n , a s th a t b i te f ro m th e B i g
L i n did come, and this real ly m ad e my m i n d u p t h a t i t was s h e
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