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This demo alone turned me off to braids

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Dad and mom took us there about twice a month, and the biggest thing for me at 8 years old was I had permission to walk in the water up to waist deep to fish - I went a quarter-mile each way

I stopped for a few casts in one or two likely looking spots along the way and did manage to raise a small pike of about two pounds which bumped my lure just at the waters edge but failed to make contact with the hooks