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Old 10-15-2014, 01:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Eskimo View Post

I just can't get into that urban fishing, no matter what they stock there.
I paddled upstream past that dam where the swamp is and up to Route 23, and I couldn't shake the feeling that this place feels dirty. Paddling through people's backyards while the families are eating and doing yard work just felt creepy to me. Like I was intruding or something.

Give me the green bucolic scenery of a rural river freshly cleaned by Andy any day.



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I know exactly how you feel. I felt the same way when I was on the Passaic, paddling past debris dumped on the banks. I go fishing in part to get away from that stuff.
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