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Cooling Off

by the OldMaster85

Today Dr. Robert Sherman and his fishing buddy Larry Deddy went out looking for tarpon over 50 pounds.. They found several schools of these huge fish and were having a great time casting flies to the fish.

Deddy was standing on the small raised tower on the skiff when it happened... HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND WENT OVERBOARD... a nice swan dive into the briny.  With him went his rod and reel, his fancy tarpon-wear clothing and his fine camera which Robert tells me was NOT AN UNDER WATER MODEL (but NOW it's an underwater camera).

The incident had a happy ending because the rod was not broken.  Larry Deddy got back on board the skiff without injury to anything except his composure and both Larry and Robert had a good laugh as Larry remarked that it was "one way to cool off on a very hot day".

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