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m ove tow ards me. A co u p l e
o f members Joe and his f ri e n d
h a d seen the comm o t i o n
a n d walked around to h e l p .
Without
hesitation
Joes’
f r i end jum ped straigh t in a n d
b u ndled the whole weed b e d
i n to the net. After pe eling t h e
w eed back there laid a m as si v e
s c aly mirror. We weighed h e r ;
left the lads a message to tell
t h e m I wa s o f f t o S a n d m a r t i n
l a k e a n d w a s h a v i n g Ti l l y t h a t
d a y. E v e r y o n e w a s l i k e “ y e a h
r i g h t o h .” I w a n d e r e d o f f t o
Sandmartin the bay swim was
free one up from the cobble
s wi m t h e r e ’s a s e t o f r e ed s t o
the left of the swim. I fired a
few mixers out and after a short
a n other new 40lber f or ki n g y
a n d christened it Fl ick t a i l
a f ter its characteristic wa y o f
f e eding . My luck co ntin u e d
f o r the next few weeks land i n g
a n other th ree 40lb fi sh 2 m o r e
o f f the surface heartail fo r t h e
2 n d time that year at 43lb p l u s
a n d a very special fish f r o m
s a nd martin lake
Tilly: Me and a few fri e n d s
w ere having a so cial o n
k i ngfisher. I had a v e ry
g o od
morning
la nding
a
n i ce couple of 30l bers a n d
H e artail again this tim e o f f
t h e bottom. At that ti me, w e
h a d a Wh atsApp gro up t h a t
w as used to pool inform a ti o n
o n and just general ba nt e r. I
while had a few fish feeding
c o n f i d e n t l y. O n e l o o k e d a l o t
b i g g e r th a n t h e r e s t a n d e v e n
t h o u g h I wa s n ’t 1 0 0 p e r c e n t
s u r e I f e l t i t c o u l d b e Ti l l y I
kept watching her swim off
to the reeds and every time
I catapulted mixes out she
would swim back out and take
a f e w, a f t e r a w h i l e I n o t i c e d
h e r l e ss a n d l e s s a n d d e c i d e d
to rebait just as I catapulted
some mixers out she came up
to take one and as the mixers
h i t t h e su rf a c e s h e s p o o k e d .
She swam off along the road
bank into the left hand corner
I f o l l o we d h e r u p t h e r o a d
bank and watched her move
into the southwest corner
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