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Burney Threadgill
Burney "The Fish Whisper" Threadgill is a world renowned Fish Whisper.

Origins
Being born with the last Name Threadgill it was only a short period of time before Burney took his God-given name to heart. When he was just 5 years old he had caught with his bare hands a smallmouth bass in the small town of Tchula referred to by the locals as the "Heart of Mississippi."

This tactic is referred to as noodling but was extremely impressive due to the sharp teeth of the bass but he persevered as a young child to gain the trust and loyalty of this fish.

After catching this fish he then took it back to his shack and trained it to act as a common house cat. This impressive feat got him recognized in the popular magazine "Mississippi Sportsman." The article titled, " This kid puts the GILL in Threadgill. "

The state-wide notoriety led him to flee to Alaska to train his skills in isolation until he felt he could truly speak to fish. After 10 years in the Alaskan wilderness he had become so talented he could make fish jump into his mouth just like the bears he had learned from.

Adult Life
Threadgill currently uses his skill to aid top ranked fisherman improve their skills such as Ash "Gotta Cast 'Em All" Ketchum. Along with this he trains gold fish to be "More Relatable" to their owners and now use the new popular Ifish miniature iphones for goldfish.

Aspirations
He wants to found a college for fish and is currently under design and needs funding. The name pending is GILL-igans island University. He acknowledges that their football team would be poor due to the fact that the student body would consist purely of fish, but he believes that their swim team has potential.