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THOMAS ROSSITER
was never going to be easy f i s h i n g . Fro m wh a t I c a n te l l , t h e
re servoir has been f ishing te r r i b ly t h i s ye a r w i th o n ly e i gh t
f i s h known to have been ou t si nc e N ove mb e r l a s t ye a r. D e s p i te
t h is, I remained confiden t as co nd i t i o n s lo o ke d s p o t- o n an d
i m portantly, I was on f ish. T h e we at h er wa s p r i me ; a n o ti c e a b l e
d rop in pressure and a war m s o u t hwe ste rly b l ow i n g r i gh t i n to
t h e bay. I didn’t think the f i s h wo u ld b e l e av i n g , a n d i n t h e
e a rly afternoon, I receive d an a b s o l ute ly sava g e t ake o n my
r i ght hand rod. Fishing a t i gh t c l utc h a n d a d ro p - of f l e a d , t h e
f i s h came straight to the s u r fa ce , bu t s o o n fo u n d s an c t u a ry i n
a t hick weed bed. I felt th e o dd k i ck a s I b u l l i e d a h u g e b a l l
o f weed into my net , and i t wa sn’ t l o n g b efo re I wa s h o l d i n g a
p r istine mid double comm o n fo r th e c a me ra … n o t o n e o f t h e
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