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c o lours. It’s dorsal consta nt ly
u p throughout all the photo s .
My
No1
winter
ta rg e t
re mained the big fully. It’s n o t
a f requent visitor to the ba n k ,
which made it even m o re
a p pealing. With the 38lb’ er a
m assive tick in a box, I create d
o n e final day session win d ow
to have another go befo re
n e t . A ve r y s t ra i gh t fo rwa rd
f i gh t , t ha n k f u l ly.
L i t te re d wi t h d a rk m ah o ga ny
s c al es o n b o t h f l a n ks , a n d a f te r
s eve ra l cro s s c h e c ks w i t h t h e
p h o to I h a d o n my p h o n e. I
h ad i t , th e f u l ly, wh i c h ti p p ed
t he s ca l es ro u n d to 4 0 l b 1 0 o z .
A ve r y l ea n , b u t LO N G , wi n te r
f u lly. I t l o o ke d i n c re d i b l e. M y
h e ading to the Big One s how
to support Evolve.
Again, another 5L bu cke t
d ropped in at first light a n d
t h ree rods in positio n. I t
was a more favourable so u th
westerly breeze and overc as t ,
a n d forecast to remain as su c h
u n til lunchtime onwards a n d
t h en bright warm sun mos t o f
t h e afternoon (the fi rst t i me
i n ages). With the morn i n g
a l most
ticked
away,
t he
b o bbins remained mo tio nl e s s.
B ut then, out of nowh ere ,
a n other one toner and bat t le
c o mmenced
with
anot h er
d e cent carp. The f ight t hi s
t i me was nothing too tri ck y,
a n d before long it was in t h e
N o 1 ta rg e t , d on e . T h e s u n c a m e
o u t o n fo re c a s t , p i cs d o n e ,
d rove h o me b u z z i n g . W h a t a
c li m a x to a n ex t ra o rd i n a ry
Fe b r ua r y. A h u g e r u n o f c a rp
a ll i n s i d e 1 0 d ays .
A f te r d o i n g a s p ray o f g re a t
o n t h e b a n k s h o t s , w i t h my
t ri p o d s et u p i n a ro u n d 2 f t
o f wa te r, I s n a p p e d a c l u s te r
o f wa te r s h o ts wh e n t h e d a rk
m ah o ga ny w i n te r f u l ly wa s
s afe ly re tu rn e d .
Its been hard to move away
from my trusted 4.5” multirig with a 20mm wafter. The
conversion rate and hook
holds has been incredible. All
dead centre and bottom lip,
10mm back, and most needing
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