I was fishing in Utah a couple of summers ago with my dad and learned how to identify Stinging Nettle the hard way. I was walking along the creek and slipped. The bank was steep and I grabbed for the nearest plant to keep from falling off of a drop-off and into the water. The plant happened to be Stinging Nettle. My forearm and hand swelled up and burned like crazy for a few hours. If the fishing hadn't been so good, the day would have totally sucked.
"Nothing makes a fish bigger than almost being caught."
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