BIG CARP APRIL 2026 RICHARD - Flipbook - Page 208
ASH
JOHNGEDEN
KRIS
TERRY
BINGHAM
THORNLEY
DEMPSEY
d i dn’t go home again unti l t he d ay sh e c a me b a c k . S h e ’ s b e e n
k n own to go away for five we eks to h e r mu m’ s w i t h t h e k i d s i n
t h e summer holidays, and I do n’ t t h i n k I s p e n t a n igh t a t h o m e
o r at work for any of those f ive we eks .
Anyway, I went straight u p to t he Wo o l p a c k . I ’ d o n ly d o n e
t wo nights on there, and I wa n te d to g e t s o me u s e of my t i c ke t .
I h ad a good walk around, a n d i t wa s to t a lly d i f fe re n t to wh e n I
f i s hed it in May. Bein g July, t he re wa s we ed a l l ove r th e s u rfa c e .
I t was so weedy; it lo oked a b s o lu te ly b e a ut i f u l . I fo u n d s o m e
f i s h in a weed bed up at on e en d . T he n ex t th i n g I wa s h av i n g a
l e ad around from the othe r s i d e , tr y i n g to ca s t a c ro s s . I fo u n d
a l ittle drop, and there is a l o ad o f we ed , a l i tt l e c h a n n e l in t h e
weed and a little silty poc ke t . I fo u n d t hi s sp o t , an d I t h o u gh t ,
l ovely, and put a bit of ba i t o n i t . I fo u n d a n o t h er s p o t to t h e
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