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I didn't know Flap ( as I have said before) as well as some of you... I only knew him from our conversations at plugfest... I enjoyed talking about the "old days" of striper fishing with him even if it ment going home with a cramped and stiff neck.. and a hoar voice from yelling up two feet..sometimes even when you are not directly thinking of some one.. you still think about them... last week I turned a few batches of plugs... out of the blue.. the last ones I decided to turn that night were Blue streaks... something I havent turned in two years... I gave the last one that I had turned to Flap at the last plugfest I saw him at...it was painted my take on a brown bomber.. tail weighted made from mahagony...It reminded me of the big guy that I had to litteraly look up to..
after truning the last one... I walked over to the bench where I keep my patterns and copies of magazines that have articles I deem important to revisit and found the one about Steve... I cut out the picture of him standing with the fish... and walked over and pinned it to a cork board on the far wall with pictures of Habs... My Dad and other meaningfull articles and pictures... just funny how the mind works...
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