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LEE GRIFFIN
BILL
DICK
DAVID
PHILLIPS
GAYNER
WALLEN
o t hers. It shows that a lo t o f h a rd wo rk a n d ef fo r t wh i l s t
l e arning and taking it in wi ll sl owly s t a rt to s e a l yo u m o re
f i s h. The more you do some t h i n g, t h e b e t te r yo u u n de rs t a n d
i t and the more you will g e t o u t o f i t i n t h e l o n g ru n ! T h e
e f fort’s really been payi ng o f f ! I have ca u gh t f ive 3 0s j u s t t h i s
s e ason alone, having o nly ha d fo u r ove r th e l a s t te n ye a rs … I
m anaged to catch a fish thi s ye ar th a t a mo n t h b e fore h a n d I
h a d photographed spawnin g i n t h e sh a ll ows . I n a r ive r a s va s t
a s the Thames, that really wa s an e p i c m o m en t ! I a ls o m a n a g e d
to recapture my first ever 2 0 l b- p l us f i s h t ha t f u n n i ly e n ou gh I
f i rst caught in a lake about 8 -1 0 ye ar s a go a n d wh i c h h a d b e e n
s e t free in one of the recen t f lo o ds , m i le s f ro m whe re we f i r s t
m et – a beautifully scaled l i n ea r. Ab s o lu te ly n u t s !
Last year in August , I j o i n e d N a s h Ta ck l e a s a b a i t te s te r,
which has been great , and s o fa r, i t ’s wo rke d o u t we l l fo r m e .
T h ey are a really good bun c h o f g uys a n d i t’ s g re a t t a ck l e a n d a
m odern brand – honestly g o o d st u f f al l ro u n d ! I ’ ve b ee n d o i n g
well using 15mm Pin k Citru z p o p -u p s a n d s i z e 4 Ch o d Tw i s te rs
P i n Point hooks over bi g b e d s o f h e av i ly gl ug g e d 2 0 mm S c o p ex
S q uid. Other than that an d a ll th e us u a l h i gh s a n d l ows I
ex perience whilst out the re d o i n g i t , t he re wa s o n e re a l ly
s t andout moment this year, 2 0 1 8 . I ma n ag e d to h ave my f i rs t
b race of 30lb Thames carp a n d wh at a n awe s o m e m o rn i n g ’ s
f i s hing it was with 67 lb 2 o z o f o ld s c aly T h am e s m ir ro r in t h e
b a g within an hour.
I had been struggling the p rev i o us fe w s e ss i o n s a n d we n t to
s l eep thinking it wasn’t go i ng to h a p p e n . T h e n ex t m o rn i n g I
woke up to my left rod pee l i n g o f f a n d j u mp e d u p o u t o f b ed
b u zzing to finally be into s o m et h i n g! A f te r a c o u p le o f s h o r t
r u ns and a fair scrap, I ha d t h e f i r st f i s h i n t h e n e t – a l o n g ,
FREELINE 98
