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Quote by Samuel Johnson
Fly fishing may be a very pleasant amusement; but angling or float

Fly fishing may be a very pleasant amusement; but angling or float fishing I can only compare to a stick and a string, with a worm at one end and a fool at the other. – Samuel Johnson

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