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Stray Cast: Phil Jackson/snagger

By  Sun-Times Wire
   
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It only seems apt to run the Stray Cast here.

After all, this Web log is named for the Stray Cast, which has snapped off the end of the outdoors column in the Sun-Times on Wednesdays since April 2, 2003.

Here’s today’s:

Phil Jackson is to pro basketball coaches what a snagger is to fishermen.

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