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The centerpiece of the room is a long, white table with chairs for 15. A teal bookcase lines one wall; on another are old photographs. Every chair is occupied.

It’s the weekly meeting of the Yale University Fishing Club in New Haven, Connecticut, one of the oldest university fishing clubs in the country. Edward Migdalski, the longtime director of the Yale Outdoor Education Center,

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