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s i t s around 40 to 41l b.
‘ Snip Tail’ Is one o f Sw a n s
o l d original charac ters w i t h
i t ’s notabl e kink on the lo w e r
b a ck and massively ov er sl u n g
h e ad. Often mistaken f o r
a n other Swan 43lb’er o rig i n a l
c a lled the Parrot. I lan d e d
S n ip tail twice, once at 4 0 l b
1 0 oz and once at 42l b 8oz .
How I caught the ‘Upf r o n t
c o mmon’ at 42lb 12o z Is o n e
o f my favorite stories. I s a w
i t feeding over my sp ot in t h e
e d ge by wafting its pecks t h e
f i s h only t ook bits co min g u p
Snip Tail
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o f f t h e b o t t o m, l a u g h i n g a t m e.
S o l a te r t h a t d a y I sw i t c h e d
a l l 3 ro d s t o r e a l l y c r i t i c a l l y
balanced 15 inch subtle
b r a i d e d ri g s o n p o p u p s o n l y
settling with the last bit of
braid pulling the popup down.
The following day I caught It
on a different spot 20 yards
a w a y. T h e f i s h w a s 3 . 5 f t l o n g
and only just fit in the net.
T h e ‘ Tw i s te d b a c k c o m m o n ’
is the oldest common in the
lake some 40 years old. Lovely
crooked back and coarse like
scales which almost feels like
