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ASH GEDEN
t h in k ing st raig ht at a l l. The f ish b oi l e d at t he f ront of t he we e d,
l e av ing a hol low, s o s e eing t he chanc e, I got t he ne t i n t he re and
he ave d t he 3f t long common ove r t he ne t c ord u nt i l it w as k iss i ng
t he spre ader blo ck. There w as st i l l ha l f a fo ot of w r ist and t ai l
hang ing out over t he net cord ! Wit h a l l my m i g ht , w h i lst w ate r
st re ame d over t he top of my w a d e rs , I t r i e d a l l I c ou l d to shu f f l e
t he ha lf a fo ot ext ra of si lve r 3 0lb - plus T hame s com mon i nto
t hat net, but t he we e d had cl o s e d b a ck i n on b ot h t he ar ms of
my l anding net, and I just c ou l d not l i f t it . T he ar ms we re l o cke d
s olid in t he we e d and were now s nappi ng du e to t he we i g ht of t he
we e d as I st r ug g le d. In t he bl i n k of an e ye, b e fore I c ou l d re a c t to
t he situ at ion I had got mys el f i nto, t he g re at c om mon t h r ashe d,
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