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l i t tle better and clear my h e a d .
F i nally I did return last yea r i n
t h e summer and sudden ly th a t
e x citemen t was back! I h a d
s o me fantastic floate r sessi o n s
w i th Kev Hewitt and Arch i e B
c a tching fish to over 40l b s , i t
w as just like old times. On o n e
o f our floater session s m e a n d
A r chie were on Sand ma r t i n
the fish I was attached to roll
that left me with no doubt
t h a t I wa s i n d e e d a t t a c h e d t o
C l u s te r. I w a d e d t o m y r i g h t ,
away from archie playing
h i s f i sh a n d g r a b b e d a r c h i e s
net. I quickly netted him and
unhooked him and staked the
net into the lakebed and went
t o h e l p A r c h i e n e t h i s f i s h . We
l a ke zigg fishing I despera t e l y
w anted to catch a fish ca l l e d
C l uster a lovely scal y mi r r o r
o f over 40lbs. I recei ve a t a k e
o n my right-hand rod and f o r
s o me reason instantl y kne w i t
w as Cluster and told arch i e i t
w as him. He just laug hed a n d
s a id “You can’t call that” b u t
I was convinced. Sudden ly m y
m i ddle rod had a bite I to l d
a r chie to hit it. He told m e i t
f e l t like a big fish, and I sho u l d
s wap rods with him, but I w a s
c o nvinced I was connecte d t o
C l uster at that my l eft- h a n d
r o d was away a triple tak e ! I
t o ld the neighbour to my l e f t
t o hit it but it fell o ff a s h o r t
w hile later. Meanwhi le I s a w
netted it a stunning mirror of
around 35lb I said to Archie
“ C o m e l o o k at c l u s t e r ! ” A s w e
waded over to it, I picked the
net up to have a better look
a n d h e sp o o ke d a n d p o w e r e d
o f f, b u s t i n g s t r a i g h t t h r o u g h
t h e s i d e o f a r c h i e s n e t . We
b o t h j u st st a r e d i n d i s b e l i e f
I was in fits of laughter but
p o o r a r c h i e w a s m o r t i f i ed w e
sat chatting for a while after
m o s tl y m e t r y i n g t o c o n s o l e
Archie as it was his net and
h e f e l t re s p o n s i b l e m e o n t h e
other hand still laughing my
h e a d o f f. “ H o w c a n y o u t a k e i t
so well?” He asked my reply
w a s “ In y e a r s t o c o m e a r c h i e
i t wo u l d j u s t b e a n o t h e r p h o t o
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