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June 2020
Float with the plankton, stab like a bee.

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While casting for bait I unfortunately caught these little crustaceans. They felt like touching broken glass. I could see three large barbs, one protruding from the head the other two from the rear or tail. I have fished the region and this river for years and I have never seen them before.

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