Aaah, you found me out. The version I learned was slightly different also.
;>)) Makes for a good fly fishing poem, eh!
JIMMY
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Neville Gosling wrote:
> Hey Jimmy!
>
> I was born in the County of Kent, but the version I learned at school
> was slightly different than this!
>
> Neville Gosling
> Surrey, BC
> Born a Man of Kent (as opposed to a Kentish Man)
> (It depends which side of the River Medway)
>
> >" There once was an angler from County Kent,
> > whose fishing rod was so long that it bent.
> > To save himself trouble, he cast with it doubled
> > and upon straightening the fly really went."
> >
> >
> > Jimmy D. Moore I FISH BECAUSE I MUST
> >!
> > " BIGTROUTMAN" But, more importantly, I fish because
> >
> > Woodway, TX my Dad taught me!
> >
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Jimmy D. Moore I FISH BECAUSE I MUST !
" BIGTROUTMAN" But, more importantly, I fish because
Woodway, TX my Dad taught me!
Scout Exec. BSA,(Ret.) - Outdoor Writer, TOWA, GRTU, FFF
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