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ASH
JOHNGEDEN
KRIS
TERRY
BINGHAM
THORNLEY
DEMPSEY
a n absolute beauty. I stuck hi m b a c k i n th e wa te r a n d p u t my
ro d back out on the bush wh ere t hi s f i s h h a d ro l l ed, a n d ove r
t h e next two nights, I land ed t h re e. I ha d a f i s h ca l l ed Cl ove r
a t 37lb, a beautiful big 5 0 -ye ar - o l d c o mm o n . I h a d a n o t h e r
m i rror just under 29 too, so I h ad a 2 9 , a 2 8 a n d a 37 f i r s t t r i p .
N o thing el se had been o ut i t ; i t h ad b e e n d ea d . Everyo n e e l s e
was blanking down there, so I wa lke d away l a u gh i n g my h e a d
o f f all the way back to Lon d o n . It ’ s a fa i r o ld d rive – 10 0 mi l es ,
a n d I was just laughing my he a d o f f t h i n ki n g , yo u l u c k y g i t !
Anyway, it was quite a wh i le b e fo re my wi fe l e t m e ba c k d ow n
t h ere, and it wasn’t until Ju ly t h at th e ha n d c u f fs c a m e o ff an d
I was back off on the road to t he Wo o l p a c k. Ta nya h a d t a ke n
D a niel away for two and a h al f we eks , a n d s h e k n ows exa c t ly
what I’m like. As soo n as s h e wa s d ro p p ed a t th e a i r p o rt , I
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