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AIDEN SAVAN
d own to watch the water fo r ha l f a n h o u r. I fe l t a s th o u gh I
k n ew every little stone o n t he r ive rb e d h ere , s o I wa s re a l ly
s u rprised when I noticed t ha t t he t wo d o u b l e p av i n g s l a b s
t h at had been chucked in to th e wa te r ha d m ove d . O n c l o s e r
i n spection, the paving slab s h a d m o rp h e d i n to t h e l a rg e s t c a r p
I had seen swimming in th e Rive r T h a me s . T h e f i s h wa s g rey
c o loured, thickset and real ly lo n g . S he wa s d o i n g ti ny l i t t l e
l a ps of the area and dipp in g d ow n eve r y t i m e to fe ed w i t h o u t
a care in the world. I was a n ervo u s w re ck pu t t i n g t h e t ac k l e
to gether. The solid bag o f c ru mb , ch o p s a nd a 1 4 m m bar re l
wafter were flicked into p o s i ti o n, a n d t he t ra p wa s s e t .
On her next visit to the ba i te d a re a, s he d i p p e d d ow n , an d
w i thin seconds she was na i le d . T h e s la c k l i n e wa s t a ke n u p t i l l
s h e steadily pulled the tip a ro u n d . I ke p t ste a dy pre s s u re o n
h e r, but all the time the d i s ta n c e b e t we en t h e t wo o f u s wa s
g e tting larger. The more I l ea n e d i n to h e r, th e m o re d e te rm i n ed
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