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HA INA ULT
Y ET I
M
y
an g l i n g
journey star t e d
at the age o f 7
in the year 1 9 7 8 ,
t a gging along with a co u p l e
o f my friends of a sim ilar a g e ;
o f f we set, gradually wad d i n g
t h rough
a
small
str e a m
h u nting stickle backs, u s i n g
o u r cupped hands, wh i l s t
h a ving our socks and train e rs
w r apped around ou r ne c k s ,
while trying to coax those tiny
f i s h i n t o th e s i l k w e e d, w h e r e
they then would not have been
able to escape easily from our
plan of capture and to place
them in our stream filled jam
jars. The time was taken to
see if any of these little fish
w o u l d sl i p u p a n d b e c a p t u r e d
b y o u r p l a n s. F u n n i l y e n o u g h ,
even back then whoever ended
u p w i t h t h e m o st s t i c k l e b a c k s
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