Magnet fishing
The popularity of magnet fishing is growing in Spokane, despite muddy legal, ethical waters
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Paul Swanson heaves a magnet into the Spokane River on July 8, 2019. Swanson started magnet fishing about two years ago. Since then he's started a club that's attracted numerous members, many of whom are recovering from drug addiction.
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Paul Swanson tosses a magnet into the Spokane River on July 8. The magnets Swanson uses to haul metal from the river floor are powerful with some capable of holding hundreds of pounds.
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Greg Pruett shows a tattoo he got after quitting meth and starting magnet fishing. Magnet fishing, Pruett said, has helped replace his addiction to meth and other drugs.
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Matthew Carlson, left, watches as Alex Nichols struggles to pull a magnet from a bridge at Riverfront Park. The magnets, some of which can hold hundreds of pounds, can be incredibly hard to detach from other metal objects.
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Paul Swanson, left, examines a Greg Pruett's magnet on July 8, 2019.
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Eugene Mabie, left, examines a rusted metal staple he pulled from the Spokane River on July 8, 2019 while Greg Pruett pulls a magnet along the riverbed.
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Greg Pruett, left, tosses a magnet into the Spokane River on July 8, 2019 alongside Matthew Carlson. Both men are members of H2O Magnet Fortunes fishing club.
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Paul Swanson, right, explains how magnet fishing works to curious bystanders at Riverfront Park on July 8, 2019. Swanson, who was at one point homeless and has multiple sclerosis, took up magnet fishing about two years ago.
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Matthew Carlson's magnet flies through the air and into the Spokane River on July 8, 2019. ELI FRANCOVICH/THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW
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