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I was well pleased with this one
l a ughs. The lake fel t lik e a
f a mily, and often som e o n e
e l se’s fish brought as m u c h
j o y as our own. Penny Dr o p s,
t h e following year I set m y se l f
n o real targets — just t i c k
t h rough the stock and e n j o y
every moment. But after seeing
o n e of the boy’s lan d Pe n n y,
a r eal old original mirro r w i t h
p e rfect penny scal es al o n g
h e r flank, the spark wa s l i t.
S h e was one I dearly wan t e d .
I s e t u p i n Wo o d s , a n d i t w a s
obvious I was in the right area
— fish were bouncing out
e v e r y w h e r e. I ’d h e a v i l y b a i t e d
with hemp, corn, and worms
and was happy to sit it out for
t h e th r e e - n i g h t s e s s i o n . J o n
w a s a c r o ss t h e l a k e i n DV D, a n d
a f t e r w h a t f el t l i k e e v e r y c a r p
in Kingy had shown over me
for 24 hours, I got the dreaded
c a l l : “ Do y o u w a n t m e t o c o m e
over and catch one out of
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