{"id":252,"date":"2015-05-22T01:44:34","date_gmt":"2015-05-22T05:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.247.fishing\/?p=252"},"modified":"2018-01-14T23:25:00","modified_gmt":"2018-01-15T04:25:00","slug":"love-fly-fishing-put-a-ring-on-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/247.fishing\/?p=252","title":{"rendered":"Love fly fishing? 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