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    <updated>2011-12-21T10:37:30-05:00</updated>
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        <title>The Art of Dean Crouser</title>
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        <published>2011-12-21T10:37:30-05:00</published>
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<content type="html" xml:lang="en-US" xml:base="http://blog.thefin.com/thefincom/">I was just introduced to the artwork of Dean Crouser via the MidCurrent (fly fishing at its best) homepage. Such a cool picture that I had to check out his site!. I don't own very many fishing pieces...&lt;br/&gt;
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        <title>Catching a 40 from the surf more challenging than running 26.2 miles</title>
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        <published>2011-11-08T10:40:36-05:00</published>
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<content type="html" xml:lang="en-US" xml:base="http://blog.thefin.com/thefincom/">A few days ago, 47,000 people, myself included ran 26.2 miles in the NYC Marathon. While it was a challenge, even at 4:36:53, if you take the time to train properly, any reasonably fit person can do...&lt;br/&gt;
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        <title>Don't Let The Spike Fool You</title>
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        <published>2011-10-26T10:24:00-04:00</published>
        <updated>2011-10-26T10:24:00-04:00</updated>
        
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            <name>Jason Puris</name>
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<content type="html" xml:lang="en-US" xml:base="http://blog.thefin.com/thefincom/">The future of our striped bass fishery just keeps sounding worse and worse. It honestly seems inevitable at this point that things will get much much worse before it ever gets better (if it ever gets...&lt;br/&gt;
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        <title>Speed it up, slow it down, twitch it...burn it baby </title>
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        <published>2011-10-24T11:42:57-04:00</published>
        <updated>2011-10-24T11:53:34-04:00</updated>
        
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            <name>Jason Puris</name>
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<content type="html" xml:lang="en-US" xml:base="http://blog.thefin.com/thefincom/">Each year, and totally by accident, I key in on one thing during my fishing season. It could be a specific plug, a specific spot, a certain tide, etc... but this year, retrieve speed seems to be the...&lt;br/&gt;
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        <title>For taking pics of BIG fish with your iPhone</title>
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        <published>2011-10-21T10:49:56-04:00</published>
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<content type="html" xml:lang="en-US" xml:base="http://blog.thefin.com/thefincom/">Fisheye, Macro, Wide Angle and Telephoto Phone Lenses at the Photojojo Store! I just ordered a set of these! I'll need to do some extensive testing ;)&lt;br/&gt;
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        <title>What do you do if you don't fish but your kids want to learn? </title>
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        <published>2011-10-20T10:14:23-04:00</published>
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            <name>Jason Puris</name>
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<content type="html" xml:lang="en-US" xml:base="http://blog.thefin.com/thefincom/">I recently received the following email from a friend and it got me thinking (keep the jokes to yourself): "....Have you seen the two pictures I posted recently? I got the boys rods and we've been...&lt;br/&gt;
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        <title>I Heart Edge Angling</title>
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        <published>2011-10-18T11:42:40-04:00</published>
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<content type="html" xml:lang="en-US" xml:base="http://blog.thefin.com/thefincom/">Thanks Edge Angling for mentioning The Fin blog here (Great fishing blogs). I would add to the list Fishing Jones, Surfcaster's Journal, Long Island Surf Fishing (not a blog but a great source of...&lt;br/&gt;
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        <title>What a strange year it's been</title>
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        <published>2011-10-18T11:27:25-04:00</published>
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<content type="html" xml:lang="en-US" xml:base="http://blog.thefin.com/thefincom/">Fortunately it looks like there will be fish around in Montauk for awhile longer. I'll be fishing the night tide this weekend and will report back. The one day I ventured out in a boat (pic above)...&lt;br/&gt;
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        <title>Even if you don't fish from the surf...</title>
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        <published>2011-09-13T13:25:24-04:00</published>
        <updated>2011-09-13T13:26:26-04:00</updated>
        
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<content type="html" xml:lang="en-US" xml:base="http://blog.thefin.com/thefincom/">Even if you don't fish from the surf﻿, you should still check out the latest issue of The Surfcasters Journal. Zeno Hromin and company put a tremendous amount of work into this online publication. If...&lt;br/&gt;
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        <title>10 years ago at 8:46AM...</title>
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        <published>2011-09-10T19:25:14-04:00</published>
        <updated>2011-09-10T19:25:14-04:00</updated>
        
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<content type="html" xml:lang="en-US" xml:base="http://blog.thefin.com/thefincom/">10 years ago on September 11, 2001 at 8:46AM I was in my shower at my apartment on 286 West 11th St. which I shared with my girlfriend, now wife...Katie. I was listening to the Howard Stern show on...&lt;br/&gt;
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