Somebody just back of you while you are fishing is as bad as someone l…

Ernest Hemingway
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Somebody just back of you while you are fishing is as bad as someone looking over your shoulder while you write a letter to your girl. ✨ Ernest Hemingway, Nick Lyons, Jack Hemingway (2012). Hemingway on Fishing, p.96, Simon and Schuster
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Somebody just back of you while you are fishing is as bad as someone looking over your shoulder while you write a letter to your girl. ✨ Ernest Hemingway, Nick Lyons, Jack Hemingway (2012). Hemingway on Fishing, p.96, Simon and Schuster

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