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I have fished through fishless days that I remember happily without regret.

Roderick Haig-Brown

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Roderick Haig-Brown
Age: 68 †
Born: 1908
Born: February 21
Died: 1976
Died: October 9
Chancellor
Conservationist
Naturalist
Writer
Lancing
West Sussex
Roderick Langmere Haig-Brown
Fished
Angling
Happily
Fishing
Regret
Days
Remember
Without

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