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A new, younger generation of fishers is taking over the banks of the Seine, transforming a centuries-old tradition into an underground culture.
The Seine used to be the fishing playground of older, working-class men who whiled away their retirement days at the river. These days, a younger and more diverse generation is disrupting the scene.Credit.Andrea Mantovani for The New York Times
By Antonella Francini
PARIS On a recent wintry afternoon along the Seine, a Parisian teenager took a fishing rod out of a narrow holster, stuck a glittery rubber fish on a hook and cast his line into the water.
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