freeline-101 - Flipbook - Page 210
LEE GRIFFIN
BILL
DICK
DAVID
PHILLIPS
GAYNER
WALLEN
k n owing the fish hadn’t sp aw n ed , I ke p t a n eye o n t h e a re a ,
a n d sure enough with a bi t m o re b a i t a n d a l i t t l e sav vy, I g o t
t h em back in and feeding away f ro m t he o t h e r an gl e r s .
I t must have been early Ju ly, a nd I h ea d e d b a c k d own to t h e
r iver. After keeping the bai t g o i n g i n th ro u gh t h e p rev i o u s we e k ,
I f ished two rods with a s m al l sc a t te ri n g o f b a i t – R i c hwo rt h
Tu tti Frutti was the bai t I wa s u s i n g a t t h e t i m e . I m a n a g e d
to lose the first carp I hoo ke d, a sm a ll c o m m o n o f a b o u t 1 0 l b ,
a f ter a short , sharp run. It b at t le d h ard t hro u gh t h e we e d a n d
d i d me at the net! Feeling d e fe ate d, I f l i c ke d my ro d b a c k o u t
n o t expecting anything to h a p p e n !
After an hour, I had a take o n my ri gh t h a nd ro d , an d a f te r a n
e p ic ten-minute battle, I h ad my f i r s t eve r T h a me s c ar p i n my
n e t , and I was happy to kn ow t h ey g o as g o o d a s t h e b a rb e l ! I t
was a 12lbs 12oz mirror c arp w i th a s li gh tly gh o s t c a rp l o o k
FREELINE 90
