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f e l t zigs in this area wo u l d
g i ve me multiple chance s s o
I quickly ran round and g o t
m y marker rod to get th e r i g h t
d e pth, I slowly lowered i t o v e r
t h e edge o f the reeds so no t to
s p ook them. It was aro un d 3
f o ot deep i quickly ran ro u n d
m y swim to tie 3 o ver de p th
z i g rigs up whilst do ing t h i s .
N a s h b a i t ? ” I r e p l i e d, “ Yo u ’r e
a b o u t to f i n d o u t ” a n d c o u n t e d
d o wn a s t h e f i s h a p p r o a c h e d
the hook bait. 3…2…1. It
t o o k th e h o o k b a i t w i t h o u t
hesitation, I struck and all hell
b r o k e l o o s e. I t d i d n ’t l o o k l i k e
a big fish but it flat rodded
me and stripped 100 yards
o f f m e i n th e b l i n k i n a n e y e I
I noticed a few fish cl os e i n
s o quickly catapulted i n a
f e w pouches of oily flo a t e r s
a n d riser pellets o ut. A f i s h
s t arted Pac-manning on th e m
i n stantly. I already had m y
f l o ater rod set up but stil l h a d
f i s h feeding tightly aga i n s t
t h e reeds. Should I just c a rr y
o n tying the rigs up o r ha v e a
g o getting the fish i n fron t o f
t h em? It was a split decis i o n !
I j umped up and punced th e
f l o at out the fish had mo v e d
d o wn to my right but h a d
t u rned around turnin g b a c k
u p towards the hoo k bait o n e
o f the lads Gaz Smi th wa s
w alking u p towards me a n d
s a id, “Do these fish even l i k e
c o u l d n ’t b e l i e v e t h e p o w e r o f
t h i s f i s h ! I di d n ’t t u r n i t u n t i l
i t wa s o n t h e o t h e r s i d e o f
the lake in the stump swim, I
q u i c k l y p u t th e w a d e r s o n a n d
w a d e d 4 s wi ms u p c l a m b e r i n g
o v e r e v e r y o ne ’s r o d s u p t o t h e
4th garden swim to get a more
direct contact on the fish. The
f i g h t wa s in c r e d i b l e. A f t e r
around 10 minutes I had the
fish plodding up and down in
front my old mate Garry Dennis
a n d d o n n e d h i s c h e st i e s a n d
was stood bedside me with a
n e t . I s a i d “ S o m e t h i n g d oe s n ’t
f e e l r i g h t G a z I c a n ’t g e t a n y
c o n t ro l o n i t f e e l s m a s s i v e
but it only looked small when
I hooked it I might have foul
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