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Waving a Stick at the Ocean: Fly Fishing for Surf Perch on the Oregon Coast
Fall is also the time of the humble surf perch, of empty beaches and breaking waves, of hit and miss coastal excursions where casting a fly line into the mighty Pacific brings me as much joy as a forty pounder if only for the absolute absurdity of the endeavor.
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