TUROSS HEAD COUNTRY CLUB FISHING CLUB’S FISHING UPDATE. June 2016 QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY GOBLET June is Bream month. The weather during the weeks before the weekend had brought some very heavy rain and Tuross lake was still partially in flood and Coila lake had been opened to the ocean after it had reached 2.2 mtrs. The beach and ocean were both dirty with the water from the lakes. This meant fishing was tough in all areas. Still a reasonable number of anglers took to the waters and 13 anglers entered 27 fish. The anglers comprised of three ladies, nine men and one Junior. Offshore only two anglers entered seven fish, four fish came from Rock and Beach and fifteen fish came from the estuaries. Some great bream where caught in the dirty waters. Mystery fish drew no.11 Garfish and none were caught carrying the prize over to next month. MEASURE IN A very sociable group turned up on Sunday for our monthly Measure in BBQ, many thanks again to Tammy for excellent food, and to those who lent a hand in the preparation or brought contributions. With winter upon us we were pleasantly surprised at the glorious weather. John Suthern was our Goblet winner with a 50 cm bream earning him 130 points, congratulations John. Rodney Ferderer’s consistent efforts winning him Men’s Outside and Rock & Beach categories. Jo Starling was the only Lady winner of the day with her 42.5 cm bream and Blake Paul took the Junior’s with his nice bream. David Campbell had the misfortune of winning the Turkey of the Month by falling on his face after the Moruya Race Day and suffering nasty lacerations to his face only a couple of days before flying out on his African Safari. RESULTS: Goblet: Bream John Suthern 50.0 cm 130 points MENS Outside Rod Ferderer Snapper 61.2 cm 99.33 points Lake and Estuary John Suthern Bream 50.0 cm 130 points Rock & Beach Rod Ferderer Bream 35.0 cm 70 points LADIES Outside Not awarded Lake and Estuary Jo Starling Bream 42.5cm 100 points Rock & Beach Not awarded Junior Blake Paul Bream 41.4 95.6 points Turkey……David Campbell. Share this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new...
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May 2016 WHAT WINTER No winter here just great fishing weather in Tuross head. This weekend just past was our monthly Goblet weekend; the magnificent weather saw 14 of our fishing club members taking to our beautiful waters in the hope of catching a Snapper this month’s Goblet Fish. Five ladies, nine men and one junior measured in an outstanding total of 52 Fish. WINNERS ARE GRINNERS Rod Federer clean up by not only winning the Goblet with a huge 63.4cm Snapper but reeled in the Men’s Outside and Rock and Beach prizes as well, way to go Rod. John McNeill took out the Men’s Lake and Estuary with a good size flathead of 63cm, Jeannie Dickson won Ladies Outside and Tamara Whitehead took out both Ladies Rock and Beach and Lake and Estuary. Turkey of month was awarded to Gav Robinson for going fishing and forgetting to take some people to church. MEASURE IN This month’s Fishing Club measure in was held at the Tuross Head Country Club with a great BBQ organized by Tammy Paul who was standing in for our Catering Officer. Next month’s Goblet is Bream and the weekend is 11 – 12 June. RESULTS: Goblet: Rod Federer 63.4cm Snapper Ladies Lake and Estuary: Tamara Whitehead 40cm Tailor Ladies Rock and Beach: Tamara Whitehead 55.8 Salmon Ladies Outside: Jeannie Dickson 39.7 Flying Gurnard Men’s Lake and Estuary: John McNeill 63cm Flathead Men’s Outside: Rod Federer 63.4cm Snapper Rock and Beach: Rod Federer 56cm Salmon Junior: Sophia Whitehead 39cm Tailor Mystery Weight: Paul Brown Turkey of the Month: Gav Robinson Share this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new...
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April 19, 2016 QUIET GOBLET WEEKEND Every April, Tuross Head Fishing Club members hit the water in pursuit of Pigfish the monthly “goblet” for April. This weekend just past was designated as the goblet weekend and while school holidays kept numbers down there were a few die hard anglers competing for the covert ‘goblet’ prize. While numbers were down the weather was great for the nine keen anglers consisting of six men and three ladies. ‘Pigfish’ were not exactly plentiful but Gav Robinson did well winning the Goblet with his 31.8cm Pigfish which was only 1mm longer than the only other Pigfish caught. Rod Federer not only took out Men’s Outside with a 55.3 Snapper and Rock and Beach with a 56cm Salmon but also won the Mystery Fish with a good size Snapper. Total of 37 fish were caught and measured in. The weigh-in was held at Tuross Head Country Club where a great afternoon was had by all who attended. Next month our Fishing Club Members will be pursuing Snapper to win the Goblet over the weekend of 14 – 15 May. RESULTS: Goblet: Gav Robinson – Pigfish 31.8cm 57.2 points Ladies Rock and Beach: Not awarded Ladies Lake and Estuary: Tammy Paul – Mullet 45cm 63.33 points Ladies Outside: Not Awarded Men’s Lake and Estuary: Paul Brown – Whiting 42.3cm 96.52 points Men’s Rock and Beach: Rod Federer – Salmon 56cm 67.14 points Men’s Outside: Rod Federer – Snapper 55.3cm 86.22 points Junior: Not awarded Mystery Fish : Rod Federer Turkey of the Month: Pam Alexander when playing golf recently and while being driven in golf cart that hit a bump she fell out and broke her coccyx. Share this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new...
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EASTER GOBLET March is Tailor month for our Goblet competition and with Easter just around the corner Tuross Head Fishing Club Members over the last weekend put off buying Easter eggs and took to our beautiful waters in pursuit of the Goblet fish. There were 16 anglers comprising of seven ladies, eight men and one junior. Fishing conditions were reasonably good on the Saturday but Sunday was a little challenging as it was cool and windy but didn’t dampen the enthusiasm of our anglers. While Tailor were hard to find there were some good Snapper and Bream caught and measured in however John Suthern won the Goblet with a 52cm Tailor. Total of 59 fish were measured in with two fish earning over 100 points each. Tammy Paul won Ladies Lake and Estuary with a 40cm Bream and Rachael Kennedy Ladies outside with 53cm Sand Flathead. Janine Suthern, Pam Alexander and Janine Campbell all measured in good size catches. Sophia Whitehead won the junior prize for her 36.5 Flathead, it is always great to see our junior members enjoying fishing and entering the Goblet competitions. Turkey of the month was won by Pam Alexander who lost her hat overboard and had to fish for it to get it back we are reliably informed it was quite a funny sight. Mystery Fish was Kingfish which wasn’t won. FLATHEAD & BREAM TOURNAMENT The 12 – 13 March was our annual Flathead & Bream Tournament which saw 256 people fishing with a total of 404 recorded fish caught and released. 258 Flathead 107 Bream and 44 by catch. Largest flathead caught was a huge 94.6 and largest Bream 36.8, these entrants were ecstatic with here catches. It was a fabulous weekend with many people vowing to be back next year. We would like to thank our many local sponsors and our major sponsor Native Watercraft who helped to make it such a successful weekend. EASTER MEASURE IN Goblet competition measure in this month was at the Tuross Head Boatshed, where we had an excellent turn out with everyone enjoying their meal. 59 fish were measured and recorded. Next month’s Goblet Fish competition is 16-17 April and the Goblet is Pigfish. RESULTS: Goblet: John Suthern 52cm Tailor 74 points Ladies Lake and Estuary: Tammy Paul 40cm Bream 90 points Ladies Rock and Beach: Not awarded Ladies Outside: Rachael Kennedy 53cm S/Flattie 84 points Men’s Lake and Estuary: John Suthern 46cm Bream 114 points Men’s Outside: Mathew Roberts 66.5cm Snapper 111.15p Rock and Beach Paul Brown 68cm Salmon 84.28 points Junior: Sophia Whitehead 36.5cm Flattie 30.78 points Mystery Weight: Not awarded Turkey of the Month: Pam Alexander To connect with other keen anglers in the region, join the Tuross Head Fishing Club’s page on Facebook or visit turossheadfishingclub.org. Share this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new...
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February 2016 VALENTINE’S DAY GOBLET WEEKEND February is Blackfish month and on Valentine’s Day weekend 29 anglers took to the waters in pursue of the Goblet fish. Saturday was a bit windy and overall fishing conditions were only average with outside fishers struggling with the large swell. Blackfish were hard to find with most chasing the goblet moving spots many times trying to find a school. John and Janine Suthern both caught good size Blackfish with John winning the Goblet with a 44.7cm Blackfish. Jan Williamson won Ladies Rock and Beach with a 43cm Salmon, while Steve Tomin won the men’s Rock & Beach with a 55.4cm Salmon. Blake Paul won the juniors with his 37cm Bream. Total of 64 fish were recorded at the Valentine’s Day measure in. Mystery fish was Flounder and won by Paul Brown for the second month in a row. The Turkey award was again won by our president Neil Alexander for parking his boat and car between two no parking signs at the boat ramp, winning the turkey award is getting to be a bit of a habit for Neil!. TUROSS HEAD 2016 FLATHEAD & BREAM TOURNAMENT Preparations for our Flagship Tournament are going well with entries coming in every day. At this year’s event one angler will win a Slayer 10 Propel Kayak supplied by our Major Sponsor Native Watercraft. Tournament dates are the Canberra Long weekend 12 – 13 March 2016 for more information or an entry form please visit our website turossheadfishingclub.org MEASURE IN RESULTS Goblet competition measure was at the Tuross Head Country Club with our usual great BBQ that had an extra treat of special Valentine desserts. There were 64 fish measured in.Next month’s Goblet weekend is 19 – 20 March 2016 and the Goblet Fish is Tailor. RESULTS: Goblet: John Suthern 44.7cm Blackfish 83.63 points LADIES Lake & Estuary; Janine Suthern 40.5cm Blackfish 70.90 points Rock & Beach: Jan Williamson 43cm Salmon 48.57 points Outside: Not awarded MENS Lake and Estuary Scott Paul 40cm Bream 90 points Rock and Beach Steve Tomin 55.4cm 66.28 points Outside: Paul Brown 48cm Snapper 70 points Junior: Blake Paul 37cm Bream 78 points Mystery Weight: Paul Brown 30cm Flounder Share this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new...
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January 2016 FIRST GOBLET FOR 2016 Now that Christmas is over for another year the TTFC members have been out and about fishing for the first Goblet Fish of the New Year, 31 anglers took to our beautiful waters comprising of 10 ladies, 15 men and 6 juniors all trying their luck at catching Whiting the Goblet fish for January. Whilst Saturday was a little windy overall the fishing conditions were good, Sunday was another great fishing day and while the Lake was still a little dirty from the recent rain it was clearing on the incoming tide. It was a great weekend with an impressive 104 fish caught and recorded at the measure in BBQ at Tuross Head Country Club. Paul Brown won the Goblet with a 43.2cm Whiting giving him an outstanding 100.43 points. Bruce Kennedy took out the Goblet Fish that has been carried over from November due to no Leatherjackets the Goblet Fish for that month being caught. Tamara Whitehead clean up winning both the Ladies Lake and Estuary and Rock and Beach awards with a huge 91cm Flathead and a 56.6cm Salmon congratulations Tamara great fishing. No Ladies outside entries were recorded this month. TUROSS HEAD 2016 FLATHEAD & BREAM TOURNAMENT Preparations for our Flagship Tournament are well underway with most of last year’s sponsors on board again this year along with some great new sponsors, with entries are well up on this time last year. Tournament dates are the Canberra Long weekend 12 – 13 March 2016 for more information or an entry form please visit our website turossheadfishingclub.org TURKEY AWARD Turkey awards are always hotly contested and lots of fun for our members, this month was no exception with a funny story about Tamara Whitehead struggling with both looking after the baby and pulling in her big flathead catch but was just being piped at the post by our Competition Secretary John Suthern’s story of installing a letterbox for a client back to front, now that would have confused the postie, fortunately the cement hadn’t dried and he was able to fix it, John also managed to catch a large dog on his line while fishing at the beach winning him the Turkey of the Month award. FIRST MEASURE IN FOR 2016 Goblet competition measure in this month was at the Tuross Head Country Club with 104 fish measured. Next month’s Goblet weekend is 13 -14 February 2016 and the Goblet Fish is Blackfish. RESULTS: Goblet: Paul Brown 43.2cm Whiting 100.43 points Goblet Carry over from Nov. Bruce Kennedy 38.6cm Leatherjacket 87.77 points Ladies Lake and Estuary: Tamara Whitehead 91cm Flathead 115.93 points Ladies Rock and Beach: Tamara Whitehead 56.5cm Salmon 66.28 points Ladies Outside: Not Awarded Men’s Lake and Estuary: Paul Brown 43.2cm Whiting 91.73 points Men’s Outside: Bruce Kennedy 38.6cm Leatherjacket 87.77 points Rock and Beach Rod Federer 55.4cm Salmon 66.28 points Junior: Sam Gschwend 43cm Whiting 99.57 points Mystery Weight: Paul Brown 25cm Garfish Turkey of the Month: John Suthern Share this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens...
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December 2015 LAST GOBLET FOR 2015 With Christmas and holidays just around the corner many Fishing Club members are sending Santa their wish lists for new fishing rods, lures and even boats, others were getting their Christmas shopping done but 20 anglers still managed to find time to get out to their favorite fishing spots in pursue of the last Goblet fish for 2015. John Suthern won the Goblet with his 25.4cm Garfish congratulations John. Gavin Robinson took out the Men’s outside with a 48.2cm Mowong and Rod Federer Men’s inside with 59.5cm Salmon. We had four ladies, 12 men and 4 juniors compete with a total of 50 fish caught and measured in including a winning good sized bream at 30.5cm caught by junior Mathilda Brennan. Great catch Mathilda. Most of the weekend saw great fishing weather but Sunday afternoon the wind came up making it a little cool but as it was the last Goblet weekend for the year it didn’t stop our enthusiastic Fishing Club members enjoying the Christmas BBQ held at the Tuross Head Country Club where Santa and his elves popped in to hand out presents to some very excited juniors thanks Santa. The Fishing Club Catering Officer Janine Campbell provided an awesome meal with Lamb on the spit that was enjoyed by 50 plus Fishing Club members. TURKEY AWARD It seems turkeys are not only good to eat at Christmas time as there was some good turkey stories this month like our President Neil Alexander losing his son’s rod from the back of the boat, I think Neil has been mentioned in turkey stories several times in the last couple of months, getting to be a bit of a habit Neil! Then the one where John McNeill fell overboard and of course his phone was in his pocket and not water proof model but the award for this month went to Linda Saberton who at the annual Presentation night with 50’s dress theme lost her 50’s style petticoats while on her way to collect her award, Linda didn’t miss a beat just hitch them up and kept walking! LAST MEASURE IN FOR 2015 Goblet competition measure in this month was at the Tuross Head Country Club with 50 fish measured. We start the New Year Goblet weekend on 16 – 17 January 2016 with Whiting as the Goblet fish. RESULTS: Goblet: John Suthern 25.4cm Garfish 57 points Ladies Lake and Estuary: Linda Saberton 35cm Whiting 64.78 points Ladies Rock and Beach: Not awarded Ladies Outside: Not Awarded Men’s Lake and Estuary: Rod Federer 41.2cm Whiting 91.73 points Men’s Outside: Gavin Roberson 48.2cm Morwong 75.5 points Rock and Beach Rod Federer 59.5cm Salmon 72.14 points Junior: Mathilda Brennan 30.5cm Bream 52 points Mystery Weight: Not awarded Turkey of the Month: Linda Saberton Share this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new...
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TUROSS HEAD COUNTRY CLUB FISHING CLUB’S FISHING UPDATE. November 2015 ALWAYS GREAT FISHING IN TUROSS Despite the rain and not so nice weather many of the Tuross Head Fishing Club Members were out with rod and reel to pursue the Goblet Fish for November. The Goblet for November was Leatherjacket. Bruce Kennedy caught the only Leatherjacket of the weekend and unfortunately for Bruce it was underside and therefore it was let go to hopefully be caught again when it has grown to full size therefore no Goblet award for this month. Overall there was 56 fish caught for this Goblet competition weekend of 14 to 16 November. While there was no Goblet Fish measured in there was still some good size fish caught, measured, photographed and released including a 57.5cm Snapper and 57.5 Salmon both caught by Rod Federer. Tammy Paul also caught a good size Salmon at 56.4cm and it is always great to see the juniors out catching fish and enjoying themselves, congratulations to Lucus Brown for his 47cm Flathead. MANY TURKEYS THIS MONTH AND EDEN WEEKEND There was many entries for the Turkey award this month and most of the stories were from the Tuross Head / Eden fishing weekend held 6 to 8 November. One these stories involved person who got picked by car and was half way to the fishing spot before realizing they forgot their fishing rod, then there was the person in the same car who forgot to bring the bait! Bit hard to catch anything without the bait and that was Tuross Head Fishing Club Present Neil Alexander trying for his second turkey award in two months but the award went to Scott Paul who after only six weeks of being married lost his wedding ring not sure if his wife Tammy has forgiven him yet. BOATSHED MEASURE IN Goblet competition measure in this month was at the Tuross Head Boatshed with more than 40 Fishing Club Members plus juniors meeting for the measure in, with the improved weather, good fishing stories and great food it was a very enjoyable evening. Next month’s Goblet Fish is Garfish and the competition weekend is 11 to 13 December. RESULTS: Goblet: Not Awarded – Will jackpot for next month Ladies Lake and Estuary: Linda Saberton 32cm Whiting 51.74 points Ladies Rock and Beach: Tammy Paul 56.4 Salmon 67.75 points Ladies Outside: Not Awarded – Will jackpot for next month Men’s Lake and Estuary: Eric Saberton 41cm Whiting 90.87 points Men’s Outside: Rod Federer 57.5cm Snapper 90 points Rock and Beach Rod Federer 57.5cm Salmon 69.32 points Junior: Lucus Brown 47cm Flathead 47.19 points Mystery Weight: Not awarded – Will jackpot for next month Turkey of the Month: Scott Paul Share this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new...
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TUROSS HEAD COUNTRY CLUB FISHING CLUB’S FISHING UPDATE. October 20, 2015 JOHN’S FIRST WIN Every October, Tuross Head Fishing Club members welcome the warmer weather and take to the beaches, rocks, and their boats in the hope of catching the “Goblet” fish which for October is Flathead. John McNeil with his first entry to the monthly competition won the Goblet prize with a 68.1 Flattie congratulations John we are sure this won’t be your last win. Sixteen Anglers took to the water with 67 fish caught and submitted for judging in the competition. We had three ladies, eleven men and two juniors enter with 22 Flathead caught. As the Goblet was Flathead and there are two different Flathead types on our species list (outside and dusky), both earning different points per cm, using our new measuring system the Fish with maximum points earns the Goblet. It was possible that a smaller outside Flathead could have won the competition with the highest points however it was not the case this month. Most fish were entered by photo with Scott Paul helping John Suthern to scrutinize the entries and enter the lengths. The measuring took longer than usual this month as it was the first time this system of scoring had been used at the monthly competition BBQ and extra effort was put in to display all the sizes and sores on a large board for all to see. While the fishing was still a bit slow over the weekend it is improving as the water and weather warms up. ANNUAL PRESENTATION With only one more Goblet competition before our big presentation night on 28 November members have been very active in the hope of gaining more points and winning a trophy. Our presentation theme this year is ‘Fishing Days are our Happy Days’ with 50’s / 60’s dress tickets are selling fast we are planning a night of fun reserve your table now see any of the committee or people selling raffle tickets on Wednesday night. OCTOPRIZE Don’t forget to come along on Wednesday night at the Tuross Head Country Club for the raffles and the Octoprize, only four fish left to choose from and with $2,200 to win it has to go off soon. You never know your luck remember the more raffle tickets you purchase the more free entries into the Octoprize draw. TURKEY OF THE MONTH AWARD Due to lack of entries Turkey of the month hasn’t been awarded for the last few months but this month we had several excellent entries including Neil & Pam Alexander coming back from holidays and realizing they gave the house key to the house / chook sitter to use and forgot to take their key with them so had to track down the sitter at 10pm at night to let them in. Then there was the one that after catching some good size fish and taking photos on his phone he somehow lost all the photos when charging his phone, now that’s a different slant on the one that got away, however the award went to Neil Alexander and Tammy Paul for their story of Neil feeding Tammy at her wedding to Scott as she had her hands full with a plate of food and a drink and somehow...
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TUROSS HEAD COUNTRY CLUB FISHING CLUB’S FISHING UPDATE. September 2015 BUCKENDERRA GOBLET WEEKEND. September has so far brought us some beautiful weather and members of the Tuross Head Fishing Club are out and about in pursuit of our monthly ‘goblet’ fish. This month the goblet fish is Trout and last weekend 15 fishing club members including juniors hit the road for a weekend of family fun and fishing at Buckenderra where the Trout were plentiful. There was even time on Friday to stop for some fun in the snow before unpacking rods and getting down to the serious business of fishing. With excellent weather the group that attended had a wonderful time with a great haul of 32 fish caught. It was a delight to see many of the juniors out having a go and catching some good sized fish with Sam Gschwend and Lucas Brown both catching a 59cm length Brown Trout each. Buckenderra, as usual, were great hosts looking after the Tuross Head crowd over the weekend, with lots of fun had by all. Thank you Buckenderra and we are looking forward to our next trip. The weigh-in or should I say measure in was held at Buckenderra, with a good mix of Rainbow and Brown Trout caught and measured using our new ‘it’s all about the length’ system that has recently and very successfully been adopted by the Club. Congratulations to Ross Parker for his winning Brown Trout at 69.5cm. RESULTS: Goblet: Ross Parker – 69.5cm Brown Trout MENS Biggest Brown Ross Parker – 69.5cm Biggest Rainbow Mark Brown – 48cm LADIES Biggest Brown Patty Parker 46cm Biggest Rainbow Rachel Ippoliti 48cm Juniors Biggest Brown Tied between Sam Gschwend and Lucas Brown 59cm Turkey of the Month: Not awarded Share this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new...
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