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My Mentor, My Friend
29 Jul 2025
When the fishing passion I grew up with reemerged, I was armed with the long rod and these thread and feather things that imitated the trout’s natural diet. What a concept. I found myself finding stupid excuses to “drop by” the shop and each time, Joel was there with a smile, a handshake and the tolerance for what I’m sure was literally thousands of questions. I was hooked (pun intended). I couldn’t stop fishing and over time and repeated visits to the shop, I felt a kinship and a fri
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