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Weekly Contest #58
Creeks are strange creatures! They are usually nothing but stinking, mud-filled gullies, more likely to produce mosquitoes and water moccasins than bass or brim or crappie. It’s likely in your average, shallow creek that a person wouldn’t even be able to work up a decent dog-paddle. But for some reason, young boys are drawn to creeks like flies to a moldy peach. My little brother, Ronnie, and I were no different, of course. We were constantly playing in, on and around the creek that ran only a hundred feet or so from our house. It was the pe...
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