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The course of creeks and men

Craig SpringerU.S. Fish and Wildlife

Wednesday, May 31, 2006

We are what we cross paths with, not what we seek out but what takes hold of us. These accidental associations create our core; they become the essence of our being. A little stream took a hold on me and became a meandering baseline, an anchor point from where I would take all bearings for things to come. Creek chubs, smallmouth bass, and green sunfish: they caught me. And it was angling for them that brought me to take in the essence of land; it was angling that immersed me in a narrative wit ...

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