I have had many batches turn out on the grainy side and also to the point of looking like wrinkled up raisins. I bet yours will stay on the hook well and plump right up after the second cast. Just give them a try.
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In the legend of King Arthur, the Fisher King was a renowned angler whose errant ways caused him to be struck dumb in the presence of the sacred chalice. I am no great fisherman, and a steelhead is not the covenant of Christ, but with each of these fish I am rendered speechless.