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ASH GEDEN
honest y, prefer r ing to b e out t he re, pro a c t ive and on it , l e ar n i ng ,
b ait ing , prepping tucke d aw ay s w i ms and l e ar n i ng a l itt l e more
f rom as e arly as t he mi dd le of March s ome t i me s , but hav i ng b e e n
re a l ly fo c us e d on my sy ndi c ate w ate r du r i ng t he pre v i ous c oupl e
of mont hs, I just hadn’t done ha l f as mu ch home work as I nor ma l ly
wou ld li ke to do dur ing t he cl o s e s e as on , s o I felt a l itt l e bit
b ehind, and doubts were st ar t i ng to c re e p i n to my he a d, su ch as
ha d I prepp e d my chos en are a e nou g h , and more i mp or t ant ly, am
I i n t he r ig ht pl ace now? It was now just b e fore 8 am , I w as st i l l
hang ing onto my hous e w hi lst p ond e r i ng l i fe, and out of now he re
t he midd le ro d went f rom not h i ng to a l l, just li ke t hat . Stu f f t he
brol ly! I was on it in a he ar t b e at . I was a l itt l e sho cke d as to how
t he w hole situ at ion had tur ne d just l i ke t hat . I w as i nto my f i rst
T hames c ar p of t he s e as on – a lw ay s a he ar t p ou nd i ng mome nt !
Af ter a long r un on t he init i a l t a ke and a spi r ite d b att l e as I l e a d
it b ack towards me f rom t he d ist anc e it ha d g ai ne d, I c ou l d s e e it
w as a lovely s c a ly one, s o it was a hu ge rel i e f to ge t it i n t he ne t .
It was just under 20lb, and t hat w i l l d o n i c ely for a f i rst s e ss i on
re su lt, I s aid. From t hat mome nt , I k ne w t hat it w as g ame on
– lo c at ion was r ig ht and t he b ait was work i ng and t h is w as t he
pl ace to b e to c atch a dre am . I just ne e d e d to c ondit i on t he sp ot
and b elie ve.
I was due to work away f rom Mond ay onw ards , and hav i ng just
ha d one f rom t he are a, I wante d to apply a bit more b ait , k now i ng
it wou ld b e at le ast s e ven d ay s u nt i l I w as abl e to ge t d ow n to ge t
s ome more in on t he sp ot. S o w it h t he ge ar on t he b ar row and
t he ro ds st rapp e d on, I dep o s ite d t he re mai n i ng b ait I ha d on me
f rom t he s ession, w hich was arou nd 3k g , a m i xtu re of C ompl e x - T
b oi lie, p el l ets and p ar t icles . T hat w as anot he r 3 k g i n we i g ht of f
t he b ar row now – e ver y litt l e help s – any t h i ng to li g hte n t he l o a d
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