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Remember Surfcasting? – The Last Bait & Tackle Shop In Provincetown Has Closed

January 1, 2016
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by Brian Tarcy
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Surfcasting "Park here for fishing"
Written by Brian Tarcy

PROVINCETOWN – In the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, “surf fishing was king here on Cape Cod,” said Paul Newmier, manager of Blackbeard’s Bait & Tackle in Eastham. “People came from all over the country to go surf fishing here.” In something hard to imagine and yet true, the last bait & tackle store in the…

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Brian Tarcy

Brian Tarcy is co-founder of Cape Cod Wave. He is a longtime journalist who has written for the Boston Globe, Boston magazine, the Cape Cod Times and several other publications. He is the author of "YOU CAN'T SELL RIGHT FIELD; A Cape Cod Novel." He is also the author or co-author of more than a dozen mostly non-fiction books, including books with celebrity athletes Cam Neely, Tom Glavine and Joe Theisman. His previous book was, "ALMOST: 12 Electric Months Chasing A Silicon Valley Dream" with Hap Klopp,who created the iconic brand, The North Face.
For more information, see Briantarcy.com
Brian is a long-suffering Cleveland Browns fan with a long-running NFL predictions/political satire column connecting weekly world events to the fate of his favorite team, now at Whatsgonnahappen.com.

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