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...creek." His involvement in the intricacies of fly fishing is cheerfully expert, so much so that some observations may seem impenetrable to outsiders: "I began to take a few fish on a small Fore-and-Aft fly with one grizzly hackle at each end of the hook and peacock herl wrapped in between," writes Carter. "Later I tied a few of them and the pattern proved to be surprisingly effective, both in the riffles and in the smooth water, even at times when the all-black Spruce Creek Special or the redoubtable Black Ant would not work in the meadow...
...Pusey remembers as the most frightening night of herl ife, the first time Pusey went to Milwaukee to address the Lawrence alumni. He had expected a small group sitting around a table, informally taking over the college. Instead he found a huge banquet room with hundreds of guests expecting a prepared and polished speech from the new president. He had none, but only he and Mrs. Pusey realized it. "We often think," she says, "if we could get through that night, nothing else would ever be too difficult...
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