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Catfish in the firing line
“Lures or bait, to be fair it doesn't really matter how they catch them so long as they catch them.”

New Zealand Ladies Fly Fishing Team off to USA
Lesley Hosking can laugh at how her piscatorial pastime has turned into fishing fanaticism.