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p o inting to a hard gravel s p o t ,
a n d not very big. Not easy to
g e t more than one rod on f ro m
my swim choice, but that wa s
o n e rod set . The o ther t wo
o p ting for silt and sli gh tly
away from this spot .
With the clock ticking down
w i t h m i n u t e s t o s p a re , t h e
ro d o n t h e n e w h a rd g rave l
s p o t wa s away. T h i s m i n t i c e
c o l d c a r p va l i d a t e d a h u n c h ,
and it became the start of a
s h o r t a n d s u c c e s s f u l e a r lym i d Fe b r u a r y c a m p a i g n .
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We a ll k n ow tu f f t i e s c a n b e
a m e na c e . T h ey c a n al s o te l l
yo u th i n g s . Af te r t h a t c a rp
va li d a te d t h e h u n c h , I we n t
b a ck to th e l a ke w i t h my
s p o d ro d a n d a 4 o z d i s t a n c e
we i gh t . I wa s ve ry ke e n to
m ap o ut t hi s s p o t b u t f ro m
a n o th e r sw i m . S l i gh t ly c l o s e r,
b u t a n awk wa rd c a s t . A f te r I
p a rke d u p t h e va n , I wa l ke d
to th e sw i m a n d wa s g re e te d
w i th a b o u t 30 t u f f t i es a l l
h ud d l ed i n a t i ny c l u s te r a n d
d o i n g n o t h i n g . T h ey we re n o t
