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a way then she was so fam o u s
s h e even made ITV 10 o’c l o c k
n e ws. I co uld have fi sh ed o n e
o f the other lakes but I lo v e d
k i ngy so much. I had what w a s
r e ferred to off most pe o p l e
w ho fished there as K i n g y
f e ver something that cau s e d
a f ew marriage breakups o v e r
t h e years by now Kin gy h e l d
o v er thirty 40lbers bu t it w a s
s t i ll a difficult lake d ue to i t s
p o pularity and the imm e n s e
p r essure it was under f r o m
s o me very good anglers. I we n t
o n to catch a lot of these f i s h
I could go on forever ab o u t
t h em but theres a few t h a t
s t and out head and sho ul d e r s
i n my memory.
Lucas: On my r etu rn t h e
n e w king of the pon d w a s a
f i s h called Lucas howeve r i t
h a dn’t been caught for o v e r
1 6 months. I was just fee l i n g
m y way back into the swin g o f
t h ings as so much had chan g e d
s i nce my quest for Ben s o n .
I was steadily catchin g a n d
w as starting to get b ack i n t o
t h e g r o o v e no t h i n g m u c h h a d
c h a n g e d s p o t w i s e. T h e f i s h
u s e d to l o v e t o f e e d o n t h e
clay and most bites were from
first light until 12pm. After
that you would just be sat
t wi d d l i n g y o ur t h u m b s f o r t h e
r e s t o f t h e d a y. T h e y l o v e a
low air pressure on kingy as
l o n g a s i t ’s n o t a c c o m p a n i e d
b y r a i n . I ti m e d o n e of m y
v i s i t s to c o r r e s p o n d w i t h
t h e l o w a i r pr e s s u r e a n d w a s
fishing the first point swim to
t h e s a m e sp o t I u s e d t o f is h t o
years ago, known as Bensons
hole at 18 and a half wraps
to a small clay spot. I put
single yellow pop ups out on
f l u o r o c a rb o n r i g s a n d w a s j u s t
a b o u t t o sp o m b u p w h e n t h e
h e a v e n s o p e ne d t h e r a i n w a s
b i b l i c a l s o I c o u l d n ’t b a i t u p .
I t n e v e r s to p p e d r a i n i n g f o r
2 days solid and I could feel
the session slipping away as I
s t a t e d e a r l i e r, t h e y j u s t d i d n ’t
l i k e t h e ra i n . I k e p t c h e c k i n g
m y we a t h e r a p p f o r a b r e a k
f r o m th e ra i n . O n m y l a s t
