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Other than carp, there wasn't much else besides panfish. In the summer the daily activities revolved around crabbing. At that time the area was still quite rural. There were no other kids around. I was the only person in my family who cared about fishing - everyone else was completely clueless, therefore I was on my own. I spent all my time outdoors and on the river. Nature was my inspiration. I did have a fantasy mentor in the form of the TV personality Gadabout Gaddis, who was the star of the "The Flying Fisherman" show. I loved Gadabout Gaddis. I glued myself to that black and white tube whenever the show was about to come on. Also, I was completely enthralled with the movie, "The Old Man and the Sea," especially the sequence of the jumping marlin, which was from a film of Alfred Glassell's 1,560lb. world record black marlin caught off Cabo Blanco, Peru in 1953. |